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Show Advised of Peace Move. Washington. Austrian and Bulgarian Bulgar-ian representatives are endeavoring to approach entente diplomats in Switzerland Swit-zerland on the subject of peace. Press dispatches on April 12 reporting report-ing Bulgarian efforts in this line developed de-veloped that it is known here not only that Bulgaria has taken soundings, but also that there has been similar action in the name- of Austria-Hungary. Whether the two countries are working separately or together is not known, nor has any reference been made to the attitude of Germany or Turkey. Officials here see in the Austrian and Bulgarian action merely an ex pression of weariness with the war and anxiety to bring it to an end without, however, involving any indication indi-cation of desperation on their part which would make them propose terms acceptable to the entente. As a result there is every evidence that the Informal efforts now being made mark merely a step in the long road that will eventually lead to peace aud do not offer hope of real negotiations in the near future. This opinion is strengthened by the fact that the entente diplomats have not accepted the suggestions made to them for private conversations, but have indicated, on the other hand, that they will not go into any such discussion discus-sion blindfolded. They have left the impression that they stand on the general gen-eral principles enunciated by their government that the entente nations will not enter a peace conference until their enemies have made public their terms. Independent soundings by Austria and Bulgaria, even if entirely tentative, tenta-tive, have attracted interest here, however, as showing the dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion of those two governments with the course of the war and their apparent appar-ent anxiety to negotiate directly and not through the medium of Germany. |