The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-12-04
PEACE DISCUSSED ~
TECTON PARLIAMENTS
Austrian Premier and German For
eign Minister Talk About Warning
Nations. j /.

LEMON. Dec. From the two
central empires came important Off
cial utterances on Teace today, made
i in the respective parlia:nents
Hungary through her IRE
/ mier, DR.. Won Seydler, made a bid to
all the world.
Germany through her foreign min
ister. DR.. Won Kuehlmann, had money
for the Bolsheviki, tears for Italy,
vitriol for England ard France. Of
America nothing is said in the text SO
far at hand.
! One disnatch by way of Holland. MT
quoting Kuehlmann directly, says he
asserted it was absurd to imagine
Germany would enter a neace confer
ence with ''large claims"
with these states" said DR.. Won
Seydler, (which on the basis of the
present Russian invitation declare
themselves ready to conclude peace,
the Austro-Hungarian government will
be honorable for both sides and di-
rected by the principle that there shall
he no territorial or economic opDres-
sion" NV
He added Austria was willing to
conce7e to every country the right
of self-deetination but reserved the
same right for herself. In a reference
to the dual-monarchy' form Of GOV
ernment. he asserted the Austrian peo-
pie were masters Of their own fate
In contrast with this declaration the
speech OF the German foreign minis
ter before the reichstae was that OF
a power CHALLENGING. rather than bid
ding itself He said in nart:
Commitments Russia
'tOur ewes at the present moment
are turned 20 tho east. Russia set the
world ahlaze The gang Of bureau
Gratis and svcophants. rotten to che
core. overruling the weak and mis-
guided, through probably well-mean-
ing autocrat surreptitously brought
about the mobilization of that country
which was the actual and immediate
cause of the gignatic catastrophe
which befell the world
"Now, however, Russia has swept
aside the culprits. The principles SO
far announced to the world by the
present rulers in Petroguard appear to
be entirely acceptable as basis for
reorganization of affairs in the east
q reorganization which while fully TAX
ing into account the right of nations
to determine their own destinies, is
calculated permanently to safeguard
the essential interests of the two great
neighboring nations Of Germany and
Russia.
He added that this course would be
! taken "in full agreement with our
allies and with the support of the
German PEOPLE. Of Italy he said:
Nevertheless there be some who in
this hour of utter collapse will not
withhold sympathy from the Italian
people"
DR.. Won Kuehlmann then spoke Of
the electoral and political reforms in
Germany, contrasting them with con-
ditions in France and England, where
he charged distatorship prevails
under LloydJGeorge and Clenenceau.
He pictured President Poincare as
the mainstay of "dogged desire to con-
tinue the war"
The Marquis of Iansdowne's letter
he alluded TO as a possible "hope-
full sign that even in England the
forces Of moderation are gaining
ground
For the present he saw however,
no chance to the western allies agree
ing to peace and therefore urged the
German nation to "beat force with
force until the dawn Of the better
and more humane understanding whi
which is beginning to appear in the
eastern sky shall arise in the nations
of the west which are as yet filled
with greed for money and power"