| Show i l ly y SEND FORTH RTH DOVE DOE 1 1 1 ok 1 z 1 1 1 1 2 z 1 Y 1 g 1 METZ TZ NOW TARGET FOR YANKS PEACE NOTE ASKS STATES TO CONSULT Da Dark I l Future c of l. l Europe Shown if War Val Shall B Be c Continued End Tull nl of Strife b by Means l of Negotiation Only Ony Way a Out By Associated Press London Sept 15 It It is understood that the government has received tho Hungarian Austro-Hungarian peace note and also the proposal previously referred to that all the powers should withdraw their troops from the Murman territory ter ter- It is also learned that Germany has made a peace offer to Belgium Tho terms of this proposal are as follows I That I Belgium shall rem remain in neutral until the end cud of the war That thereafter the entire economic and political independence of Belgium shall be he reconstituted That the prewar commercial treaties between Germany and Belgium shall again be he put into operation after the war for an indefinite period That Belgium shall use her good offices t to secure the return of the German colonies I That I the Flemish question shall be he considered and tho the Flemish minority minority minority minor minor- ity which aided the German invaders shall not be he penalized t The proposal contains no word respecting reparation or indemnities no admission that Germany wronged Belgium Associated Press A A Sept 15 In 15 In extending an invitation to all tho the belligerent governments to enter into discussions neutral at some meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing place the Hungarian Austro-Hungarian government states that the object of the conference would be to secure an exchange of views which would show whether those prerequisites exist which would make the speedy inauguration a tion of or peace negotiations appear promising r 1 il t s sf iian tl I vl h is ci in an nn of j mj tine tion- J lIP Shi n i i a o el d s t that bat th thero i DJ crile oft of the thear war ar tar arid tila tits dr discussions ns would go go o only ty so so far Jar as r by the tho participants to offer pr prospects o of suc success Th The Tho proposal call i for all nil the belligerents to send delegates for a n confidential con II confidential con con- and unbinding discussion on the basic c principles for the tho conclusion conch conch- sion Ion of peace in a place in a neutral country and rind at nt a n near ar date atc that would hn have be to yet vet r e agreed upon I I. I me lue rue proposal say say- the tile conference would be uc one of 01 or delegates who would wonlu be bo e charged to niche make known to one another the conception oC or t their cir governments governments govern govern- ments re regarding those principles and to receive analogous communications as well as asto to to l' l request and g give gc c frank and candid explanations on all nIl these points which need to be bc precisely isely defined Holy See Is Advised of Peace Plans The Tho government o announces that a note embodying it its sUg had JI been n addressed to the various arious belligerent powers and anel that the lie holy sea seo had been apprised oC or the proposal in iu a special note The Tho governments go o of the neutral states also hn had been heen made acquainted with the proposal The text test of or the official communication i-c i reads I An objective and conscientious examination of or the situation of or all the belligerent states no lon longer cr leaves Iea doubt that all peoples on whatever cr side the they may be fighting lon long for a spee speedy y end cud to the bloo bloody struggle le Despite this natural and comprehensible desire desiro for peace it has not so far been those conditions calculated the possible sible to create preliminary to bring peace efforts nearer to realization and blid bridge e the gap bap which at present still separates the belligerents from one another u 11 r f 1 J 1 l b tl o A j n mole mure CLI 1 e C means must JUU L i L lore Iun ore be Y lore r L nc I responsible factors of all aJI the thc countries can cau be offered an opportunity to to investigate in in- I the present possibilities of or an ull understanding The first step which H Hungary Austria in ill accord with her allies undertook un In on December 1 12 1910 1016 for the bringing g about of peace did not Ica lead to the end hoped forThe forThe for The grounds for this I lay a assuredly ill iu the situation at that time Tu Tn order to maintain in iu their peoples the war spirit which was steadily declining de de- le- le dining clining a the allied governments Io hail had by the most se cr means suppressed even any my discussion of the peace idea iden And so 50 it came about that the roun g-roun ground for a n pence peace understanding was not properly prepared The natural transition from the wil wildest est war agitation to a condition of or conciliation was lacking locking It Jt would mould however howe be he wrong wrong- to believe c that the thc peace step we then took look was entirely without results Its fruits consist of something which while is is not to be overlooked that overlooked that the peace question has hns not since since vanished from the order of the da day The discussions which have been carri carried d on before the thc tribunal of public opinion have hae disclosed proof o of the not slight ht 1 differences which today still separate the warring warring- powers in their conception conception concep concep- tion lion of peace pence conditions X Nevertheless s an atmosphere has been created which no ilo longer ex- ex 1 eludes the di discussion of the peace pence problems Without optimism it at nt least assuredly mn may be deduced from the utterances tit tit- of responsible ible statesmen that the desire desiro to j reach j-ench an nn understanding and anel not to decide the war c exclusively clus ely by hy force of arms is al also alo o gradually beginning beginning be- be ginning to into allied states save sa for some exceptions in in the case of f blinded war 3 agitators which arc certainly not to be estimated li lightly The Hungarian Austro-Hungarian government o is aware that after r the deep reach in reach reach-j ng convulsions on which have been caused in the life of or the peoples by the devastating efforts of the world war wal it will not be possible to re establish order in the world at a n single stroke Path to Peace Is Difficult and Toilsome The path that leads to the restoration of peaceful relations between he the peoples is cut b by hatred nn and embitterment It is toilsome and eari come yet vet it is our duty to trend this path the path tho path of and negotiations ot and and if there hero are arc le still such responsible factors as ns desire to overcome o tho opponent Lv by iv military means menns and to force the will to victory upon him there can cnn n nevertheless no longer be he doubt that this aim nim even ven as assuming as that it is attainable at- at I would first necessitate a further sanguinary and protracted le limit Hut even eYen a n later Intel victorious peace pence will no lon longer cr be bc able to make mako good goodhe the he consequences of If such a policy policy consequences which will he be fatal to all the lie i states and of Europe The rule only peace which could ri righteously t the still till divergent conceptions of the opponents will be a peace tlc tie shed L by nil all the peoples With ith this consciousness ness and in in its unswerving ii g endeavor en- en deavor to work in the interests of pence the Hungarian Austro-Hungarian government gO now ow again 1 comes forward with a n suggestion with the object of bringing bringing- bout about a n direct discussion between the enemy powers The earnest t will wUI to peace of or wi wide c classes of the population of or all the states who are jointly suffering through h the thc the war war the indisputable rap rap- in individual controversial questions as questions as well as ns the the more conciliatory con con- cilia tor atmosphere that is general seems to the government govern govern- ment meet to g give gc c a certain nin guarantee that a fresh step in the interests of pc peace c t- t Continued on Page Pace 2 AUSTRiA SENDS PEACE NOTE Continued from Crom Page Pago e 1 which also niso takes account of pa pa 4 t experiences in lh tins this domain might at fit the present moment off offer th the possibility of success Time The fIte I Austro government o has hns therefore resolved to point int out I lo to all nil the belligerents friend and foe a until path cons considered practicable by hy it and to propose to them jointly to examine in a free exchange of views whether Wileth- Wileth er ci those prerequisites exist which would make time the speedy of oC pence peace negotiations appear promising promising- To fo this thi em end onti I the tho AnsI ro o has hos today invited the thc governments o of nIl all the belli belligerent erent states stales to a confidential mill and unbinding discussion at a neutral meeting place and has addressed sed to them n t note yn dra up in this sense This st step has luis been heen brought to lo time tho knowledge of the lie holy see sec in a special peI pe- pe I cial cil note nole and an appeal thereby mode made to the time pope popes pope's S 'S interest in HI peace pence Furthermore Fur FIll the governments go of or time the neutral sUites states have been heen acquainted w with t the step taken I Austria's Allies Agreed on Latest Step Time The constant close accord which exists between the four allied powers warrants the tho assumption toll that thai time the allies allis of ol Hungary Austria to whom the time thel I l I is being sent in iii the same manner share the views yiew developed in iii the 1 nol nolo The official telegram proceeds s to lo say that the note has hns been drawn up tip in French and follows runs as i Time The peace pence offer which the powers of or the quadruple alliance addressed to their theil opponents on Oil December l 12 1 UIG and anti the conciliatory basic ideas ilens c of cL which the they have II never Jle given gien up lii signifies despite the rejection which it experienced an nn important stage in the hi history tory of this war wor In contrasts contrast to the first fis two and u n half war wor years the question of peace has from that m mo moment mO- mO meat ment been the center of European aye aO of world di discussion and anti dominates it in e increasing ever r measure Almost all nIl the limo belligerent erent states have e in turn hint again and again expressed ex ex- pressed themselves es on the question of peace pence its prerequisites prerequisite and conditions I rl rh lio r nr nr c I. I 1 I In i.- J i. i 1 c r n u. u u- u I II 1 VA I. I LO j a f IJ II LII and steady The basic standpoint changed ed under the influence of the military mili mili- tary and political position and all hitherto at al any rate it has hns not led to lo a n t tangible tan gible giLle general result that could bo ho utilized U H It H ic is true t that independent of nIl alt these oscillations it can enn he be stated that the time distance between the tho conceptions of the time two sides has on time the whole grown somewhat le less s that despite the indisputable continuance of or decided anti and hit hitherto ed differences a n partial turning turning- from many of the time most extreme concrete war wai aims nims is visible and a n certain agreement upon the relative general basic Lasie principles of a world peace manifests itself In iii both hoth camps there is undoubtedly ly observable in wide classes of the pop population a growth of 1 the he will to peace and understanding Moreover a compromise of tho reception of the tile pence peace proposal of the powers of the tue quadruple alliance alli nih- ance on or the part of their opponents with the later utterances of responsible statesmen en of the latter as ns well as n of the but in a political respect nowise un nl per personalities confirms this impression Peace Requisites Modified in Part II While for example the reply relly of the allies to President Wilson made demands which amounted to lo the dismemberment of Hungary Austria to a n diminution and a deep deer internal transformation of the German empire and anti th Hi 2 dc destruction of Turkish European ownership these demands the realization lion tion of v was tas based on the supposition of an tin overwhelming victory were later mo modified if ed in many declarations from official entente quarters or hi in part jart wore dropped Thus in a declaration made in the British Bi house of commons a year ear ago ngo Secretary Balfour expressly recognized that Hungary Austria-Hungary must itself solve its internal problems and azid that no one could impose a constitution tion tiomi upon Germany from the time outside Premier Premi r Lloyd George declared at atthe atthe atthe the beginning beginning- of this year that it was sas not one of the time allies allies' war aims to partition Hungary Austria-Hungary to rob the Ottoman empire of its Turkish provinces pro inces ines or to reform Germany internally It may also be bo considered symptomatic symptomatic that in December 1917 IDl Mr 11 Balfour categorically repudiated the time assumption that British policy had ever er engaged ed itself for the time creation of an independent state out of the territories on the left bank of the Rhine The central powers leave e it in no doubt that they arc are only waging a war of defense for the integrity and anI the security of their territories Far more outspoken than in the domain of concrete war aims nims has hns the fhe rapprochement of conceptions proceeded regarding these guiding lines upon the basis of which peace shall shaH be he concluded and the future order of Europe and the world built up In this direction President Wilson in his speeches of Fe February 12 and July 4 of this year rear has hns formulated principles ples pies which hD have hav not encountered contradiction on the part of his allies and the far reaching application of which is likely to meet with wih no objection on the part of the powers of the time quadruple alliance also presupposing that this application is general and with th the vital vial interests of the states concerned It I is true it i must be remembered that an agreement on general generl principles principles principles prin prin- is insufficient but there remains the further matter of reaching an nn accord upon their interpretation and their application to individual concrete concrete concrete con con- crete war and peace questions Exhaustion of All Al Europe Is Threatened To an unprejudiced observer there can be lie no doubt that in all nI the tIme belligerent states without exception the desire for a n peace of understanding has hns been enormously strengthened that the con is increasingly spreading that the time further continuance of the time bloody struggle must transform transform transform trans trans- form Europe into ruins and into a 1 state of exhaustion that will wil mar its development for deca decades es to come come and and this without any my guarantee of thereby bringing about that decision n by arms which has Imas been vainly striven after by both sides in il four years filled fled with wih enormous sacrifices sufferings sufferings and exertions I Ill In 11 what hat manner however howe can enn the time way be paved pa for an understanding understand understand- ing an and an nn understanding finally finaly attained 7 Is there nn any serious prospect w whatever er of reaching this aim by hy continuing the time discussion of the peace problem in the way hitherto followed 7 We Ye have hD not the time courage to lo answer the time latter question queston in the af af- af- af c The discussion from one public tribune to another as has hitherto hitherto hith hith- erto taken place between statesmen of the various countries was ns really realy only a series of monologues It I lacked above e everything directness |
