New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, May 1o.--One of the
greatest mistakes in the diplomacy of
the Entente Powers has been its policy
IN regard to the allies of Germany, and
this is due to the ignorance of the
western Powers of what the Austrian
Empire really is, according to Pro-
fcssor Thomas Masaryk, member of the
Austrian Parliament and president of
the Czech Independent Parliamentary
CLUB, who is in Washington in the in
terest of the Czech cause. IE an in
terview to-day he said:
"The dismembermert Of Austria is
a condition sine qua non of q victory
by the Allies. One of the greatest
mistakes m of the diplomacy of Entente
POWERS has been it's policy toward the
allies of Germany 1t has been in
spircd by the hope that they can be
induced to abandon their alliance with
that empire.
There could be no greater mistake.
The government of the Hapsburrs
knows that the day it abandons Ger
many 1t is lost. You might as we'll try
as try to discuss the abandonment of
the alliance with Germany with the
governments at Vienna and Budapest.
"The error of the Allies Is due to
ignorance Of what the Austrian EN-
plre really is. It is not country, it is
not nation, it is merely geographical
expression. Austria Hungary is a dy-
nasty, an army, navy, and bureau
cracy. This organism rules over half
which have only one desire, and that is
to repudiate it and all that it repre-
sents.
"'By the force of things the foreign
policy of such a government can be
founded only on deceit and treachery
1t is engaged in a constant dance on
eggs, its Foreign Minister is first and
foremost an equilibrist. He can never
De sincere, his policy is one long effort
whom he has to deal
The first thing the Allies should
recognize is that the first step to vic
tory is to crush Austria. Once she
is out of the way, the fate of Germany
is sealed; as long as she exists Ger
many is unconqueced. And the surest
means of crushing Austria is to rec
ognlze the aims and aspirations of the
nationalities struggling for freedom
from Austrian oppression, the Czechs,
ians and the Italian"
Professor Masaryk has spent the last
few months in Russia, where he was
in the closest touch with the situation
there. AS a result of his study and
observations in that country, he sue
gcsted clear and sharply defined pol
icy for the Allies concerning Russia.
"The Allies" he said, "should rccog-
nize the Bolshevik government as the
government de facto ode jurc recoe
milton is not to be discussed). Prcsi-
dent Wilson'S message to the Moscow
meeting was step in this direction.
Beng on good terms with the Bolshe
vlki, the Allies can influence them The
Germans recognized them, concludiny
peace with them | know the wesk
points of the Bolsheviki, but | also
know the weak points Of the other
partles--they are not better, nor more
able. ''0'
The monarchist movement is weak.
me Allles must not support it. The
Cadets Constitutional DemocratO and
Social Revolutionists arc organizing
themselves against the Bolsheviki. I
40 not expect any great success for
these parties. The Allies expected that
AleXlef and Korniloff at the Don
would have great success. | did not
believe it and refused to Join them.
though invited by the leaders. saw
the same about Semenoff."