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Show AUSTRO-HUNGARY PREPARED TO ENTER ON PEACE PARLEYS BASEL, Oct. 28. (By the Associated Press.) Austria -Hungary, in notifying President Wilson that it Is ready to enter upon peace negotiations and arrange an armistice, asks President Wilson, in its reply to him, to begin overtures on the subject. The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Instructed the Austro-Hungarian minister minis-ter at Stockholm yesterday to ask the Swedish government, to send the following follow-ing note to the Washington government: "In reply to the note of- President Wilson Wil-son of the 19th of this montb, addressed to the Austro-H.unga.rian government and giving the decision of the president to speak directly with the Austro-Huugarian government on the question of an armistice armis-tice and peace, the Austro-Hungarian government has the honor to declare that, equally with the preceding proclamations procla-mations of the president, It adheres also to the same point of view contained in the last note upon the rights of the Austro-Hungarian peoples, especially those of the Czecho-Slovaks and a tlie Jugoslavs. Jugo-slavs. "Consequently, Austria -Hungary, accepting ac-cepting all the conditions the president has laid down for the entry into negotiations negotia-tions for an armistice and peace, no obstacle ob-stacle exists, according to judgment of the Austro-Hungarian government, to the beginning of these negotiations. "The Austro-Hungarian government declares itself ready, in consequence, without awaiting the result of other negotiations, ne-gotiations, to enter Into negotiations upon peace between Austria-Hungary and the states in the opposing group and for an immediate ar mis Lice upon all Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian fronts. "It asks President Wilson to be so kind as to begin overtures on the subject.' The Austrian note Is dated October 2S, at Vienna, and is signed by Count Julius Andra3sy, the new foreign minister. |