English Translation

The k.u.k. Minister of Foreign Affairs, who opens the office, first recapitulates the talks already held with the German Chancellor of the Reich on the same day and states that he has considered it his sacred duty to describe to Mr. von Bethmann Hollweg the situation of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy as it is, without falling into black-sightedness or vision-dying. Unfortunately he had not been able to create a rosy image, because the monarchy was at the end of its power. The greatest concern for the time being was the food question, which had to be described as extremely critical. From the Bohemian Erzgebirge are ./.