Arizona republican., 1916-09-11
DUAL MONARCHY NUT FUR PEACE AT ANY PR|CE
IRepubIIcan A. p. Leased wirel

VIENNA. Sept 2, (Via Berlin to London, Sept l0). TT In thoroughly frank manner the Austro Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, Baron Stephen Burian von Bojecz. discussed today in an interview with the cor respondent of the Associated Press the position of the dual monarchy in the world war, which, he said had been enormously characterized by enemies and certain neutrals as unsatisfactory.
 "Austro- Hungary is far from lying down. as hoped by some" said the min ister, in tone carrying conviction. Tt is true, we would hail peace with joy. but not the sort of peace our enemies would impose. So long as we have to defend ourselves against those who want to take part of our territory, we naturally are unwilling to discuss peace. and SO long we also are deter mined to hold out and win. The thought that We are eager for peace on any terms originates probably in minds hoping that such will become the case"
 The minister then reviewed the sit nation prior to Rumania's declaration of war. and said
 We offered Rumania no territory concessions at any time after having discovered in the case of Italy that the world was likely to mistake our req sonable attitude for weakness. Nor were we ever taken by surprise by Ru- mania What did fool us was that Ru- mania made up her mind so quickly. We knew in June, after the setting in of the latest Russian offensive, that Rome and Bratiano (the Rumanian premier) had made a definite bargain. 1 We also knew that Rumania was rot ! rNrfs rl-~ tH. For all that, our military authori- ties made all possible preparations, which did not consist, as has been ! developed, in holding the mountain summits and passes along the Ru- manian border but which consisted in | the establishment of the line of de- | fense now occupied by our troops. | Contrary to the general impression. the ] falling back of our troops has been of , no advantage to the Rumanians, which fact has finally dawned on the Ruma - | nian military commanders, since they | have become very cautious recently. "The military field is not my de | partmcnt l know that Rumania's ac- | tion was no surprise, despite the fact I that the Rumanian diplomats lied to ! me constantly. Toward the last their assurances became too fervent and their lying too patiently obvious; so | reached the conclusion that trouble
 was not far off. Whether the decla-
 ration of war was due on Sunday oI | Tuesday, l did not know. But l fell
 1t was due. because in addition, the
 reports from Bucharest indicated that the Rumanian pressure was getting more severe each day. the entente gov ernments wanting to add the weigh
 of their own futile offensive in tho
 east and west and Saloniki the grea 1 impression the war declaration wa
 expected to make, but did, in reality
 not make because we were ready for 1t
 ''I will say that BTatiano played
 good game though. When the entent
 finally had shown all it's cards, Bra
 tiano stiffened up in his own demands
 which were granted fully some tim
 before the outbreak of the war Thel
 Bratiano thought he would play tn
 part of taking from the Austro Hun
 garian corps what he could.
 But the entente had it's own no
 tions. which Bratiano learned whel he was told that he was mistaken
 he thought his role was merely takin pennies from a dead man. He wa instructed to start immediately, fo only in helping to down the centra , powers could he hope to gain what h
 wanted The declaration was, there
 fore, transmitted.
 Well, Rumania will have a goo
 chance to rue her bargain, if am nc mistaken. The fact is, We are far froT completely dead. as some think" Replying to question as to tn l Continued on Page Two)