New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-11-15
Former Hung ari;
Premier BelievesBc
Sides Will Listen
Reason Then
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IN MEDIATOR'S RO1

Suggests Alliance Against Rus
Which He Considers Menace to
rope-France Can Never Have
sace-LorTaine, He Says-Det1
Less Bitterness i'm Speeches of Id
ers in Germany and England.
Berlin, Nov. 10, via London,
Is, 5:38 a. m. Delayed The OF
ing of peace negotiations may
haps be the expected with fair III
poets of success in the course of
coming winter, according to Count
bert Apponyi, veteran Hunga
leader and former Hungarian prem
Count Apponyi, who is visiting q
many to deliver two addresses
Hungarian history, expressed
views in an interview given to a
respondent of the Associated r
in which he discussed the general
ropean situation.
1--WE cannot expect" he said,
see peace negotiations opened wi
the next few weeks while the Run
ian campaign is still undecided. III
ever, regard our chances for sue
there as excellent and once Rum
is crushed I think both sides will +
willing to consider the question:
peace. Rumania was the entelR
last card and is proving a losing
We are massing a big army aga
the Rumanians and 1 think that r
end will come shortly. OF course
progress on the Pennsylvania fror&
| bit slow, owing to the great
culties of the country and particul&
| to the delay in read-ward comma
| cation. These communications ard
| poorer than in the western and
Russian. However, the entry of
I mania into the war has in manyH
| spects been really advantageous to 2
! Sting Removed From Words t
To illustrate as what he regard4
| the improving chances for peacek
| gotiation, he referred to rel
| speeches of statesmen in the oppoH
| camps. Not Lloyd George of conA
| he interjected parenthetically,
such as Lord Grey and Chancellor
| -Hollweg for example"
suggested a comparison between
| utterances of these leaders a year
| and at present. Then he Il
| "their respective standpoints werS
far apart as the poles, but now,
| though there are still wide differed
between them, they have most
. preciably drawn nearer. The res
| ences to crushing Germany have
| eliminated from the British
nouncements and the agitation for
nexation is dwindIing in German
chancellor Won Bethmann-E
| veg" he went on. ''has pointed
In his latest speech that he has n
| demanded the annexation of Belgi
Such cases as these show, In
| opinion, that there are now no RI
insuperabIe obstacles to the opei
of a discussion on future peace.
course the kingdom of Polano
stand but I believe Russia can
brought to reconcile hersen 70
situation"
Wilson Acceptable Mediator.
Count Apponyi was asked IL
thought the impulse to start pc
discussions would come from WI
the camps of the warning powers
whether an outside impulse, IN
form tender of good ofnces Iro1
neutral parsonage or power
be necessary. He replied thaC ne
no reason why neutral heuAa
should not be welcomed when the
portunity to which he referred shc
arrive and added that h ekneW
reason whv President wilson she
not be accepted as an Intern eular
I'VE feel. of course" he SAID,
President Wilson has not treated
fairly and that he has departed ~
the wav of strict neutrality. But
though one does not like a per
that is no reason for rejecting
services when these may De user
The Hungarian statesman belid
that the war should not only
because of what he regards as
futilitv of further hostilities, but
cause of his expressed conviction
to the menace Of Russia.
Suggests Alliance Against Russia
He declared that the western sta
of Europe must band themselves
eether for defense against intrus
of Russia. which he cited as
great. menace to the future peace
Eurone and the world. In his or
ion frances efforts to regain Als
Lorraine are doomed to failure
the republic may as we'll recon
herself to peaceful and friendly I'D
tons with her eastern neighbor.
holds that Great Britain has made
q bortive effort to crush Germany
a trade rival by appeal to arms
that there is nothing essential in
character of the three nations
preveyt their union as friends.
respe@c to Russia, however, on
other hand, Count Apponyi decla
that the organization of the coun