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Show : . i Premier Sees Ray of i Mope isi Wilson's ' B Answer. . ) BERLIN PROPOSALS! i Militarist Party Gaining; .Ground Alsace-Lor- ! ' Tamejo Be Retameo: BASEL, Oct. 23 President Wilson's reply lo the Austrian peace proposals in no way justifies the conclusion that the exchange of views which "has been begun is to be interrupted, according to Baron von Hussarek, Austrian premier, pre-mier, speaking before the house of lords yesterda'. according to Vienna advices received here. "We shall continue all the more our efforts toward peace," he said. "We shall answer the note after carefully examining its contents. We hope that the peace discussions, despite diffi-cdlties, diffi-cdlties, will deliver the world in the near fulure from the unspeakable misery mis-ery of war " Independence of Hungary PARIS, Oct. 23. (Havas) Measures are being taken to carry into effect the proclamation of Emperor Charles conferring independence on Hungary, says a Zurich dispatch to the Petit Parisien. It is reported that Count Julius Andrassy will be Hungarian j foreign secretary. ) Count Andrassy is a former premier i of Hungary and has figured promi-'nently promi-'nently In efforts toward peace. Berlin's Grotesque Proposal PARIS, Oct. 23 Germany's high command is ready to evacuate the invaded in-vaded territories of France and Belgium Bel-gium on the express condition that the Allied troops will not follow them in retreat but will remain where they now are located, according lo the latest lat-est information from Berlin, says the Zurich correspondent of the Journal. The grotesque proposal is the outcome out-come of the-latest conferences at Berlin Ber-lin between the members of the general gen-eral staff and the war cabinet, it Is said. The militarist party is rapidly gaining gain-ing ground but the members of the moderate factious believe that before long grave internal events will help to improve the situation. The dispatch says that the existing governments remain very hostile toj the retrocession of Alsace and Lor-! raine to France. Emperor William himself is reported to have denounced ; emphatically such an event at the meeting of the crown council on Sat- urday. ; F;oincare KsMilc PAISfO'ctJ53Frs'iant Poiucare, accompanied by members, of his cabinet, cab-inet, visited 'Lille 'yesterday and received re-ceived an enthusiastic ovation. In reply lo the address of welcome the president said 'that "the hour of defeat for the enemy will strike soon." He bestowed the cross of tho Legion of Honor upon the mayor of Lille. The party then went to Roubaix. where there are many persons from Alsace and Lorraine. During an address ad-dress there M. Poincare said that no peace was possible without the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France. At Douai the president was met by the Prince of Wnles. During the trip the party also visited Tourcoing, La Bas-see Bas-see and Lens. German Frontier in Danger AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22 Admitting that under modern conditions even defensive de-fensive warfare on the German fron tier would involve great dangers, the Frankfort Gazette says that even the most careful defense the western front will entail big losses. It is not to Germany's Ger-many's interests, the nowspaper says, (to make a slow defensive retreat from Belgium aud the fighting there will not be unnecessarily prolonged a single day. Vienna Bitterly Complains BASEL. Tuesday, Oct. 22 Official cpmment in Vienna on President Wilson's Wil-son's answer to the Austrian note expresses ex-presses a complaint Jthat it does not answer the precise question put forward for-ward and that it Is now necessary to again ask the president's atiltude toward to-ward an armistice and the rc-eslab-lishmcnt pf peace, according to advices advi-ces received from the Austrian capital. It is added that official advices say mere is a conirauicuon in me reasons given by Mr. Wilson justifying refusal to enter into peace negotiations and his answer to Bnroil Burian September Septem-ber C. . German State of Austria BASEL. Switzerland, Oct. 23 The German-Austrian deputies in the Austrian Aus-trian reichstag have- formed nn assembly as-sembly for the purpose of conducting Iho affairs- of Ihe Germanic people In Austria and have issued a declaration announcing the creation of "the Ger- mgn state of Austria." BASEL. Oct. 23. Karl Seitz, leader of the German Socialists in Austria, jhas been elected president of the new 'assembly. The deputies have announc-1 announc-1 ed their desire to bring about the autonomy auto-nomy of the Germans in Austria and to I establish relations -with other nations. ! The assembly has drawn up a reso-ilution reso-ilution respecting the form of govern- ment of the territory occupied by Austria. Aus-tria. The "sovereign state of Austria" will seek egress to the Adriatic sea in agreement with other nations. Pend-'ing Pend-'ing tho establishment of a constitution, 1 according to this program the people j will be represented by ihe rjicherath j deputies constituted as a national ! body. Tho body will represent the Germans in Austria in negotiations for peace and will exercise legislative powers. The legislative branch will consist of twenty members who will ! have power to participate in state de- ! bates and administer interior affairs. There has been evidence that the German people in Austria fearing that Austria-Hungary might draw away from Germany, were desirous of en-surin en-surin gtheir own close unity with the German empire. The German population in Austria 'forms the center of Austria society. The censusof 1910 gave the German speaking population as 9,950,000 out of a total 28,350,000. |