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Show PRICE OFFERED I TO KEEP PEACE Hungarian Count Admits Tendering Compensation to Italy to Continue Peaceful Peace-ful Relations. SPEECH IN DIET Discord Between Two States Will End in Disadvantage to Both, Says Premier. Budapest, via Amsterdam and Tendon. Ten-don. May IS n :2 a. m Admission that he had offered territorial compensation com-pensation to Italy as the price of continued peaceful relations was made bv Count Stephen Tlsza, the Hungarian premier, in a carefully worded diet speech yesterday. He declined definitely however, to state the nature of the concessions proposed pro-posed His speech was in reply to a question by Count Andrassy, who declared the opposition could not consent con-sent to yield territory to Itah unless I assured that this step was not a mere matter of momentary necessity but the product of a definite policy aim- ! ing at the elimination in future of all enmity between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary. "1 opine" said Count Andrass. "that discord between the two states would be a disadvantage to both and profit would accrue only to a third party which would take advantage of this opportunity to obtain lasting hegemony heg-emony in the Mediterranean '' Count Tiszai in replying, endorsed the Views of Count Andmssv saying j Hopes to Avert Trouble. "1 cannot discuss the details of our I offers to Italy and con assure you our objei i is to secure the lasting friend seip of Italy which is essential to the great and vital interests of both These interest-; demand that we. at the price of great sacrifices shall try to remove all differences which have arisen and create the foundation of a lasting friendship devoid of all semi se-mi views. I hope this attitude of the government finds support in pub lie opinion in Hungary, as I am sure the Hungarian feeling of friendship and sympathy for Italy still is keenly alive. With the elimination of differences dif-ferences this sympathy will grow stronger and warmer " Aifter the premier had finished. Count Andrassy, as leader of the opposition op-position de lared : "The entire nation is united on tols question If war is inevitable It will do its duty manfully but if peace is possible It will joyfully and sin-cerely sin-cerely join to bring about more intimate" inti-mate" and friendly relations with Italy." |