The sun., 1916-11-16
APPONYI LOOKS FOR
PEACE MOVES SOON
Thinks Both Sides Will Be
Willing to Negotiate II
Rumania Is Crushed.
WOULD ACCEPT WILSON
Count Sees Significance in
Speeches Of Statesmen in
Opposing Camps.

BERLIN. via London. Nov. 15.-The
opening Of peace negotiations may per-
haps be expected with fair prospects Of
success during the coming winter. accord.
Ing to Count Albert Apponyi. veteran
Hungarian leader and former Hungarian
Premier. Count Apponyi. who is visiting
Germany to deliver two addresses on
Hungarian history. expressed his views
In an interview in which he discussed the
general European situation.
we cannot expect" he said, ITO see
peace negotiations opened within the next
few weeks while the Rumanian cam
paign Is still undecided. However, ! re-
gard our chances for success there as
excellent. and once Rumania is crushed
think both sides will be willing to con-
slider the question OF peace. Rumania
was the Ententcs last card and Is prov.
ing losing one. We are massing a big
trmy against the Rumanians. and I think
,he end will come shortly.
"of course our progress on the Tran
s'lvanian front Is n bit slow. owing to
the great difficulties OF the country. and
particularly to the deficiency in rearwar
communications. These communications
are far poorer than in the west or even
In Galicia and Russia. However. the
entry OF RumInia into the war has In
many respects been really advantageous
to u.s.
To illustrate what he regards as the
improving chances for peace negotia-
tions. Count Apponyi referred to recent
speeches OF statesmen in the opposing
camps. Not Lloyd George. of course, .
he interjected parenthetically, but such
az Niscount Grey and Chancellor Won
Bethmann- Hollweg. for example" He
suggested comparison between the
utterances of these leaders a year ago
and at present. Then" he said their
respective standpoints were az far apart
as the poles, but now. although there
are still wide differences between them
they have most appreciably drawn
nearer. The references to crushing
1 Germany have been eliminated from the
| British pronouncements and the agita.
tion for annexation is dwindlng in
Germany"
Count Apponyl was asked II he
thought the impulse to start peace dis
cussions could come from within Tho
camps Of the warning Powers or whether
an outside impetus. in the form NJ 9
tender OF good offices from "A neutra
parsonage or Power. would be ncces
sary. He replied that he saw no reason
why neutral mediation should not b,
welcomed when the opportune momen
to which he had referred should arrive
and added that he knew no reason VIII!
President Wilson should not be accept
able as an Intermediary.
I'VE feel. OF course" he said, 'tha
President Wilson has not treated u
fairly and that he has departed from
the way Of strict neutrality. But evel
though one does not like person. tina
| In no reason for rejecting his service
when these may he useful,
"Once this war is finished" he con
tinued. Europe will probably have a
least twenty-five or thirty years q
peace. until the generation which ha
passed through this conflict has departe
from the stage"
Count ApponyI said his views wer
shared by all leading IIunEar.Rns an
with the possible exception Of certai
Slavonic elements in Austria. by III
leaders In that country.