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Show HUNGARIANS ARE SEEKING PEACE They Are Feeling the Distress of War and Want to Quit. Milan, April 21. Reports received daily from Switzerland about Austria indicate that something Is brewing regarding re-garding the Hapsburg monarchy, one' significant symptom being the unanimous unani-mous outburst of invocations for peace in the Hungarian press. I Premier Asquith has become In the mlnd$ of the Hungarian writers the savior of the situation They commend com-mend his speech with more enthusiasm enthu-siasm than that of Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg. The conditions which hae led to this situation seem to have beqn connected con-nected with Baron von Burlan's visit to Berlin, with the growing antagonism antagon-ism to German aggressiveness, with the question of natinalities to be decided de-cided at the conclusion of the war and with the Increasing distress and tho calling out of the last recruits. It is announced that the German suggestion In that the whole of the Hapsburg monarchy be dlvidod into small autonomous states to be ultimately ulti-mately swallowed up by Germany. Bo-j Bo-j hernia is to be autonomous and divided I into six provinces, but no Czech dep-I dep-I uties arc ever again to appear in par-I par-I Uament. Gallcla Is also to receive .autonomy, Kb 12,000,000 Inhabitants o be governed by a lieutenant govenor appointed from Vienna, but the object ob-ject of autonomy Is to exclude from the Austrian parliament the hitherto powerful pow-erful group of Gallclan deputies. The Hungarians feel that it is to be their turn next. There is no talk of furthering Hungary's Independence; rather there is talk of Incorporating more thoroughly tho Hapsburg and Hohenzollern empires. The latest call to arms includes men born in 1866, and compels a revision re-vision of the previous classes for mon many times declared unfit. There is even an appeal to the owners of dogy ri!'l!jg.sH!f'.'Jim " i "g7ya bWtnlredUl 'ett..:ii -Siiii-YirAV.'nmni. ?E1 to deliver them to the army to be employed em-ployed as auxiliary sentinels. The Hungarian press asks why peace negotiations have not been begun. be-gun. The Az Est writes: "Premier Asquith declares now that England does not want to crush Germany, Ger-many, the object of the allies being to prevent a recurrence of such carnage as the world Is now witnessing. The English premier has spoken words which all who have great ideals will approve. If this war brings destruction destruc-tion to prestige and brute force it will be worth all its sacrifices." The Vilag sayB: "I negotiations are begun it surely will not be difficult to find common ground for agreement. The British premier's conditions are such that only negotiations are required to make them acceptable." |