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AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
NOT TO BE MAINTAINED
England Cannot Keep Engagements
With Allies Unless d Gives
Up Territory.
[By Associated Prcss.l'

LONDON, July 3O.--John Amman
Bryce. Liberal. referring in the House
OF Commons to-day to the recent state
mept OF Lord Robert Cecil. Minister Of
Blockade. that tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
Austria was not one Of Great Britain's
war aims. said the statement would
create difficulties because Great Brit
aims engagements with her allies could
not be continued il the Austrian EN-.
pire was to be maintained.
Italy. on the strength of these en-
gagcments. Mr.. Bryce said, would not
be content merely with rearrange-
ment OF the Trentiao region.
The references by Mr. Bryce and
others to Great Eritain's war aims In.
Guiding that by Noel Buxton. who said
that an unfortunate impression had got
abroad In Europe as result OF tho
speeches in the House OF Commons last
week. that Great Britain favored a
policy Of annexation. but would not de.
hne her aims. brought an interesting
reply from A. J. Balfour the Foreign
Secretary.
MI. baltour SAID that the govern.
ment had been asked to declare its
policy. but he was not sure IL that
would be wise course
with respect, to the Jugoslav and
Austrian question. said the secretary.
II was impossible to torctell the posi.
ton IN which the world would md
itself when these problems came to he
decided, and he would be doing very
Ill service TO the country were he to
attempt TO define the position now.
FIRST ENTERS WAR
TO DEFEND BELGIUM
AS everybody knows" continued Mr.,
Bancur. we nrst entered the war 70
defend Belgium and prevent France
from being crushed before our eyes.
. NOBODY with tho smallest knowl.dre
OF the facts supposed that Sir Ed :
~ard Grey formerly Foreign Score.
tary. and the government OF when
ne was a member when ne made m.
ia'elu! declaration on August g. 1914
made II with tn: smallest thought IL
,,rihe great problems which the cours.
ftbevhc war has opened UP w. did M,
badly Il the war for any selfish purposes
: said, holy not for mperialist aims or
teHent: ind7mn!ties. Our purposes were
= rom e'eraly unse!nsh: therefore W.
,ss- va different position fro, an,
"a man q lies We hoped to see Eurona
,rrenter gid more stable
Qght shotdhce asked II. he failed Ia CO.
sre- may bAaf Britain could refrain fror,
IN you clain to assist her until she en-,
ss,so the position which existed he.
! ,,,i,I w. attack engineered ara,,s, No.
ut will s'arck in 1871: namely. tina, .sbe
) that for restoration Of that OF which on,
trge that iolently robbed more than tow,
Hence. OF al co."
nsy OF. Balfour expressed an o,,n,,
nd not was simply his own when n,
tIrvthe rshat II France asked for Alsace
ssr~ ine Great Britain should sumner,
4 fafred not he declared that France wa.
!, sSse aghting for Alsace Lorraine al.ne
Mas fighting for her very ex,s,enc.
"a ~ to the characterization ~ CO.
many. sa'o the secretary. it had beer
hopeo mat autocracy would give plac,
u parliamentary institutions as the,
are understood. but nobody was foo,
Ism enough TO oppose that II woul,
be possible 10 impose on GERMANY
constitution made outside of GERMANY
onlil Germany was either made now
erless or free. he did not think III,
peace OF Europe could be secured Tb
aght must go on, for IL this war ended
WIN German peace. that would ooi
be prelude to new European wa,
IL the peace was 10 be one that Eng
land and America. which had no in
terest on the continent. could approy,
then It would lead to a permanent set
Element. which would in turn, conduc
TO that great understanding Of nation,
which would give Europe a securit
It had never known before.