The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-29
Ready to Enter Peace Nego- tiations at Once, But
 Wants U. s. to Take Initiative
lQUICK ARMISTICE
 ON ALL FRONTS
 HOPE OF KARL
Adheres to All Points of President as to Rights of People, Especial ly Czecho-Sl0vaks and
 The -Jugo-Slavs

Associated Press. )-Austria. Hungary, in notifying Presi- dent Wilson that it is ready to enter upon peace negotiations and arrange an arnnistice, asks President Wilson in it's reply to him to begin overtures or the subject.
 The Austro-Hungnrian foreixn
 minister informed the Austro-
 Hungarian minister at Stockholm
 to ask the Swedish government to
 send the following note to the
 Washington government
 'Tn reply tn the note of Presf-
 dent Wilson of the 18th Q0thD of
 this month. addressed to the Aus-
 trO-Hungarian government, and
 giving the decision of the Presf-
 dent to speak directly with tho
 Austro-HunEarian government on
 tho guestion of nm arnistfce and of
 peace. the Austro-Hunwarian gev-
 ernment has the hen0s to declare
 that equally with the precedfng
 proclamation of the Presidenx ii
 adheres also to tho sanao point of
 view contained in the Inst note upem
 the rights of the tru-Hungarian
 peoples, especially tAsss sf the
 Cxecho-sIcvalxs, and tho Jugo-
 Slavs.
 "Consequently, Austria-Hungnry.
 accepting all the conditions the
 President has laid down for tAa
 entry into negotiations for an arr
 mfstice and peace, no obstacle ex-
 ists according to judgment of the
 these negotiattons.v
 The Austrian note is dated Octe-
 her 2S st Vienna and h signed by
 Count Julius Andrarsy. the new
 foreign minister.
 Washington, October 2S While Germany's latest note to President Wilson was being delivered to the state depart nent today through the Swiss legation, cable dispatches rom Europe brought infor- nation that the .Austro-Hun- garian government had caused another communication to be dispatched to the President that immediate nego- tiations for peace and an be entered into awaiting the results of the exchanges with Ger many.
 The Vienna government asserted that t adhered to the same point of view expressed By the President in his last communication upon the rights of the Austro- Hungarian peoples. especially hose of the Czeeho- -Sovaks and Jugo- slavs. and requested that he begin over- ures with the allied governments with l view to immediately ending hostilities 'n all Austro- Hungarian fronts.
 The official text of the German note lid not differ materially from the unof- icial version as received by cable. No official comment was forthcoming, but it s known that no response will be made It present to the communication. which s believed to have been dispatched with he primary purpose of satisfying the ierman public that their government Is rot emitting any opportunity to forward he negotiations for an armistice and ,eace.
 Regarding the renewed assurance in he uerman note that the constitutional structure of the German government has been and is now being changed to demo- cratic lines, it is pointed out that the ruth of this statement and the scope ,f the changes already made or protected liter all are matters to be dealt with in with peace, and not in ar- .anging an armistice. ;k'strong indispo- Iition is evidenced officially to yield to he apparent intent of both German and Austrian negotiators to combine these two essentially different functions ln ,ne phase of the negotiations. In the case or the Austrian c0mmunf. ,ation, now supposed to be on it's way o Washington, through the medium oy he Swedish government, it also was not{ d that the effort was made to show tffAi Austria has complied with the Presidents sd demand for the recognition of the right ,f the Czecho- -Sloyacs and Jugo-Slavx md other depressed nationalities in Aus. ria. It does not appear that the co,n+ ,letc independence of these people hAi< ,een guaranteed. and probably sufficient must be had on that point bo~
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