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Show iUSTIlIS DESIRE TO W1NDUP THE WAR AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8. A dispatch received re-ceived here from Vienna describes an Imposing Im-posing peace demonstration which was held by the Christian Socialist party in the town hall Sunday; Thousande of persons per-sons were present. Prince Alois Lichtenstein, president of the lower Austrian diet, opened the- proceedings pro-ceedings by announcing that the meeting had been convened out of gratitude to the pope and the emperor to demand peace by agreement and general disarmament disarm-ament and arbitration as outlined In the recent speech of Count Czernin, the Aus-tro-Hungarian foreign minister. "We offer our hand for an honest peace," said Prince Lichtenstein, "but if it Is rejected we shall seize the sword, which, as hitherto, with God's help, will decide in our favor." Councillor Kunschok followed with an eloquent speech in the same tenor and was frequently applauded. "Wo are assembled," said the councillor, council-lor, "to declare how warm and glowing are our longings for peace. But the leading lead-ing men in enemy states must be warned against drawing false conclusions from this admission. We want peace, but not at any price. "We demand peace in the name of Europe, which is sinking to exhaustion, ex-haustion, while her competitors are waxing wax-ing fat." Expressing suspicion of President Wilson's Wil-son's demand of a democratized Europe, because America herself was far from real democracy, Councillor Kunschok concluded con-cluded his address, after a tremendous ovation, bv praying for blessings on the peace exertions of Pope Benedict and Emperor Charles. |