Evening star., 1918-07-17
WARS BkOODSHED
CALLED SENSELESS
BY BARON BUR|AN
Believes viii End When Allies
Manifest Feelings OF
Humanity.
TERRITORIAL AIMS ALL
THAT BALKS, HE SAYS
Declares Propaganda to Sow Dis
cord Will Not Avail Aus
tria's Enemies.

tria's Enemies.
By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. July 1.-THE Aus
tro-Hungarian government regards
the war as "senseless and purpose
less bloodshed" and believes 1t might
be ended at the moment when the
allies again. manifest feelings OF hui
manity. Baron Burian, the Austro-
Hungarian foreign minister, made
this statement in the concluding por-
tion of his address to the Austrian
and Hungarian premiers Tuesday. ac-
cording to dispatches from Vienna
After declaring that the allies
would not succeed in their purpose
of sowing discord among the ma
tionalities in the dual monarchy. the
foreign minister said:
TT is unnecessary further to char
acterize this method of lighting. Our
races Indignantly disavow 1t. The
resolute battle of defense must now
be carried on to a good end until 1t
brings us the security necessary for
our future peaceful existence"
There should be no public belief
that diplomatic action and warlike
action are inseparable. The foreign
i. minister declared that warfare and
diplomacy served the same end In
time of war, adding:
Diplomacy Has a Duty.
+, "1n every stem II takes diplomatic
activity will pay due regard to the
, war. The results of the conduct OF
the war will have determining in
fiuence on the division OF labor On
the other hand, diplomacy has a duty.
+. being continually on the watch ana
paying heed to the possibilities Of ef-
fective activity.
: "Thus and not otherwise should the
willingness of the central powers Tor
peace be conceived. 1t will not Tor
the moment hamper the invincible de-
fense. but after victorious battles.
just as during pauses in a battle. it
will. even without new peace offers.
always be intent In recalling that we
regard this war as senseless and pur-
poseiess bloodshed which might at
any moment be ended by the. re-
emergence of feelings of humanity
in our enemies.
Allies Fight Windmill"
TN so far as they are not aiming at
the acquisition of territory. they are
fighting against a windmill. They
are exhausting their strength and
ours in order to build ON the ruins Of
civilization q new arrangement of
the world, whereas the ideas under
lying such an arrangement, which
are capable of realization and which
also are warmly approved by US.
might be realized much more easily
and much more completely by the
peaceable cooperation OF all peoples.
I'm spite of all, we look ever more
war with us to see whether at last
they have been delivered from the
blindness which. after fearful afilic-
tions in four years of war, Is driving
the world ever farther into that de-
struction which they can avert If they
only will"
Would Extend Alliance.
The foreign minister said that his
confidence was based on the war al
liances, particularly the old alliances
with Germany. He said that Austria
and Germany would seek means of
be adequate for all the requirements
of new times.
TN these endeavors," he continued,
"the governments know they are in
agreement with the desires of the
preponderating mass of their people.
The alliance will henceforth, as hith-
erto, preserve it's exclusively de-
fensive character. It also will rest
firmly on the satisfactory solution OF
all questions and on the necessities
of joint concern which have arisen
from the war. 1t must, therefore, not
only cover political relationships OF
the two powers, but must also lead to
changes under altered conditions.
Economic military and other rela-
tions In the future are to be drawn
closer. The agreement must comprise
solution, with due regard to desires
Of the population, of the questions
connected with the rebirth of Pe-
land.
No Threat Of UnfriendlinesA
"Henceforth the alliance wiz NOT
mean threat 81 unffisndliness to- to.
ward any one. Nothing will be in
cluded in It calculated to oifer a stim-
illus to the formation Of counter
groups. Everything,. which, in the
lime Idea Of universal league of ma
tione shall ma In our alliance no OBJ
stacle, but favorable nucleus and a
prepared group which can easily and
naturally unite with every general
com comb oinatton Of states resting on con-
Foreign Minister Burian said that
Austria expected after the war to
remain In closer relations with Tur-
key and Bulgaria.
After declaring that the ''continuance
OF the war IL due exclusively TO the
one-sided and destructive nirns Of ths
SnAmy which can be attained only
ever the ruins Of the world" ths
foreign minister concluded. BY mot
Ing the fnal words Of the reply Of
Emperor Charles to Ehe Popes note
Text Of the Mote.
A1BTERDAM July 1s-rns ters ~
Baron Burian's note to the Austriss,
and hungarian premiers resdss
There ID hardly any difference be-
tween the general principles enunci-
ated b1 the statesmen OF both bellir.
ersnts. President Wilson's four nav
polnts OF July 4 shall not, apart from
certain exaggeration. arouse our on
son ths ooutrary, We are AHA n
approYs. thsen heartily to q great ex-
tent. Nobody would refuse horr,are
to this genius ana nobody would re-
fuse his oo-opera4ion. This, howevat.
10 not the main point but Ii Il what
can also be pnd6rstood In the inter-
ests Of inAnkfhd. Both vfuups shenld
certainly houo0t3Y Attnmo< to eaenr
rthis up and 1o<tlA ft oy mutual ASre1-
ISnent. bat not b he Same manner q,
for instansA. ouf peace treaties IN the
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