ocrats into power and the Panslavism movement as other factors that threatened Germany; Jarausch writes of imperialist rivalry and Austro-Serbian tensions that Chancellor Hollweg worried would culminate in conflict and destroy their strongest ally.
             In the wake of the assassination, Count Tschirschky, Germany's Viennese ambassador, sent home a telegram that notified Emperor Wilhelm II that he had given backing to Austria-Hungary as well as counseled her against hasty action. It is Fischer's opinion that Germany's eagerness for conflict is betrayed by Wilhelm II's chastising of Tschirschky and his urge to quickly address the Serbian question indicated by "his famous words 'now or
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