Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-19 | Page 1 | Wilson Rejects Austria's Offer

WILSON REJECTS AUSTRIA'S OFFER Dual Empire Must Satisfy Aspirations of Czechs, Slovaks and Slavs Before U. S. Will Discuss Peace. By Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 19. "Hungary must return to its autonomy auton-omy and complete independence," dec laced the draft of an address : to King Charles which was read at the conclusion of the sitting of ' the lower house of the Hungarian parliament, says a Budapest dis-patch. dis-patch. - "Hungary is in harmony with the internationaX arrnU based on the noble principles of President Wilson's points," the address adds. "Hungary must be completely independent," the address continues. con-tinues. "The general franchise must be introduced and the relations of the various nationalities to each other must be arranged in the spirit of President Wilson's principles." The address concludes with the demand that, in view of the danger of invasion, the Hungarian troops must be brought back to Hungary and all "foreign troops" in Hungary must be withdrawn. By United Press. ZURICH, Oct. r. Vienna newspapers confirm the report that Baron BuriarC Austrian premier, has resigned. BY ROBERT J. BENDER U. P. Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. President Wilson today answered Austria-Hungary's plea for peace with the reply that conditions- are so altered since January 8, that he cannot now accept their autonomy auton-omy plan as a hasis of peace. Instead, he insisted that the oppressed peoples of the dual empire "shall he the judges of what action on the part of the Austro-Hungarian government will satisfy their aspirations." Jn substance, it was a refusal to do any peace business with Austria. The note, as transmitted from Secretary of State Lansing to the Swedish minister, said: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th Inst.. In which you transmit a comtnu-nlcstinn comtnu-nlcstinn frcm the Imperial and royal government of Austrla-llungaj-y to the president. "I am now Instructed .by the president presi-dent to request you lo be good enough through vour government to convey in the Imperial and royal government the following reply: II. "'The president deems it his duly to say to the Austro-llmigarian govern- ejgjrnt that-he cannot entertain the present suggestions of that government because of certain events of utmost Importance which, occurring since the delivery of his sddress of the 8th of Jsnuarv last, have necesesrlly altered the attitude snd responsibility of the government of the I nited "States. "Among Ihe fourteen terms of pesce which the president formulated at that time occurred the following: "'Ten The peoples of Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations na-tions we wish to see safeguarded snd assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of -autonomous development develop-ment - RECOGNIZE CZECHO SLOVAKS. -Slncel that sentence was written and uttetVd to the conaress of the United States the government -of- the Vnlted States has recognised thst a state of belligerency exlele between the Csecho-Slovaks snd the Uermsn snd Austro-Hungansn empires and thst the C'secho-Hlovaks' national council Is a de facto belligerent government tContinued on page ).