The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-13


the wOrld-to dominance which
would enable her to dictate the ai
fairs ~ the world aud content herself
with the position Of the first naval
power
Tie BlAmes Russians.
Count Apponyl spoke at great length
on the causes Of the war, expressing
regret that Americans we're inclined
To attribute II to an attack By Aus
tria and Serbia and ignore Russia's
real object OF gaining agrees from the
Black sea to the Mediterranean and
establish slay protectorats on the
shores Of ths Adriatic ln asserting
them war was due 10 Il premeditatsd
attack by Russia which had been In
preparation since the Russo Japaness
war, Count ApDonyi, said:
We Hungarlans feel that the strug-
gle for rs Is one Of very existence
There can never he any security for
western Europe so long as Russia ~
allowed to play q role In European
affairs Her whole history " one Of
conquest 10 expand the territory un.
der her control What must come 10
meet this danger 10 Europe 10 . eoali
tlon u the west European powers
against Russia"
The Hungarian leader voiced
thought to which many high placed
men Of Germany and Austru- Hungary
are giving utterance-that the next
thing Oh the cards after the war
would be- some form OF understa nding
between the two protagoDists In the
present struggle England and Ger.
many.
Expects Few Map Changes.
The war Count AppOny believes.
Will produce comparatively little
change IN the present map Of Europe.
presuming Austria Hungary and Ger.
many are successful There will be
no need, he sald, 10 roll up the map
VI Europe and draft new set "
boundaries certainly not IN the West
In the seast he looks for some settle
ment VI the Polish problem, under
which Poland will be q barrier
against Russia.
In discussing the present situation,
the position leader made his only crit
icism Of the government now In power.
Peoples spirits, he said, are naturally
affected by the fall OF Przemysl-an
event which was ineIcusable. The for.
tress Itself was impregnable to as
saut The military authorities, he
said, must have known at the opening
OF the war that It would be impossible
10 hold Galicia against the Russian
masses and that II would be necessary
10 ball back slowly through Galicia to
the natural defensive frontier, the
| Carpathians PrZemysl should have
been provisions for at least year
Why It was not, said County Apponyl,
would be subject for inquiry after
lne war.
Another mistake attributed by the
count to the military authorities was
Understanding the force which the
Russians could throw into the field
against Austro-Hungaria at the begin.
ming Of the war 1t had been thought
that several months would pass be
fore Russia could complete her m0bil
iEation to full strength aud a large
Austro- Hungarian army was detached
for operations against Serbia on this
assumption.
Russia Acted Quisltiy.
Russia was found, however, 10 be
already virtually on a war footing and
ready TO pour her amies into GAlicia
from the very first In view n this
condition, said the count, the AustrO
Hungarian leaders should have IN the
beginning followed the policy now
adopted Of leaving on the Serbian
frontier force only strong enough
10 protect the border against invasion
and throwing against the Russians the
whole strength OF the army In this
case the Russians, with their hundred
divisions, would not have been able
~ Overwhelmingly On the forty Or ~
divisions VI the Austr0 Hungarian
army
count Apponyi saidi
We have already driven the Rus
SLAMS from Bukowina," he said, why
not from Galiciai but, even taking
the extreme case Of the psszinists and
granting that our armies are not able
to drive the Russians back on Russia n
soil. | would point out that the armies
~ Germany and Austro- Hungary al.
ready POSSESS several thousand square
miles " Poland The area Of this. II
Is true, may not be quite 90 large ~
that OF parts OF Galicia occupied by
the Russians but the population II
greater In riches, too. the parts Of
Russian Poland occupied BY us eG.
rred Galicia In addition Germany
holds virtually eli Of Belgium and
northern France 10 there IA no doubt
that II the war should cease under
present conditions we should get back
GaliCia
Success Is Theirs.
The aims for which Germany and
Austria are fighting the count thought
already are attained, FOR It would be
many long years before any power or
group NJ powers would venture TO At
tack them again
Speaking Of the sale Of American
munitions Of war TO the enemies Of the
Teutonic allies, the count said
Sentiment IN Austro- Hungary N
not 80 intensely anti.American on this
account as In Germany, but we feel
that the war soon would be over II the
United States United states would
stop supplying artillery and ammuni
tion to Russia. Az the beginning Of
the war Russia had an immense supe
riority in artillery and great supplies
Of ammunition for H. Now abe has
lost so many cannon and hes fired
away 80 much ammunition that shs "
already able to hold her own aud We
feel that, without help from America
this would be impossible for her. We
realize that formal right may be on
the side of the United States Id this