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Show AUSTRIA WANTS I TO MAKE PEACE I No Real Obstacle to Negotia- M tions Seen by Semi-Offi- H cial Press Bureau. H PARIS, April 16.-10:40 a. m. A H semi-official statement has been Is- H sued in Vienna declaring that Austria H desires peace with tho Russian peoplo H and that there is no real obstacle to H this aim, according to a Zurich dis- H patch to the radio agency. IH The dispatch quotes a statement Is- H sued by a semi-official press bureau H in Vienna in which it is said that the H Austro-Hungarian monarchy has tak- H en note of the recent declaration of IH the Russian -provisional government H that it does not seek foreign terri- H tory, but desires a durable peace IH founded on the rights of peoples to H dispose of themselves. H The statement says that the Austro- H Hungarian government is inspired by H the same desire and continues: IH "Therefore, both having common H ends, it is not difficult to find means IH i of arriving at accord. This is much H less difficult since his majesty, the H Emperor of Austria and King of Hun- IH gary, in perfect union with his allied IH monarchs, wishes to live in future H peace and friendship with the Russian JH people." M oo jH |