King Victor Emmanuel looks at the telegram sent in by the Swiss government. Peace at this stage is a lost cause, war has already been declared. The Austrians will soon invade Serbia, and our Invasion of France has already commenced. Soldiers have crossed foreign foreign territory, no turning back at this stage. We had hop d the British would stay out, but they seem ready to intervene.
< TELEGRAM TO BERN FROM ROME >
We regret to inform you that Italy will not be meeting at Geneva. However, we respect the Swiss attempt at maintaining this fragile peace. We hope for the sake of European prosperity that war can come and go with out too much blood being spilt.