The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-10-19
WILSON REPLIES
TQDUALP0WER
Declares Austria-H Hungary Must
Satisfy Aspirations Of Its
Own People.
Rejects PEACE OFFER
ssSnition Of Czecho -Slovaks
Now Changes Basis of
y Peace Terms.

: Washington. Oct. 19.-President vii.
son has answered the peace note O.
Austria Hungary with declaration
that the Austro- Hungarian government
must satisfy the national aspirations ol
its own people and that they, the peo-
pie, shall be the judges OF their rights
and destipieg.
The reply was made by Secretary
Lansing yeteerday through the Swed-
ish minlstet In Washington. 1t calls
attention u tho tenth condition OF
peace enunc1ated' by President Wilson
on Jan. 8, which says the people OF
Austria Hu3gary should be accorded
the freest oSportunity OF autonomous
developments
The note Hnlls attention to the rec
ognition bythe United States of the
Czecho- Sloy v national council as n do
facto bel0 erent government and
states that Ms country has also rec
ognized the Dlstice of the nationalistic
aspirations the Jugo-Slavs for free
dom. !,
The text - the note handed to the
Swedish mebter follows:
"Sir: ! te the honor to aoknowl-
edge the RED Lpt of your note of the 7th
instant, In 8ich you transmit COM
munication{& the imperial and royal
governments 6f Austria Hungary to the
president. oSn now instructed by the
president t6*eQuest you to be good
enough to Avey to the imperial and
royal govej8l1edt the following reply:
The pr13eht deems it his duty to
say to thct4 hstro-Hungarian govern
ment that 4fannot entertain the pres
ent suggeso6e of that government be-
cause OF cd|Ain events of utmost i'm
portance wHI&h, occurring since the de-
livery OF hiG4ddress of the Sth of jan
uary. last ~ necessarily altered the
attitude AM Responsibility Of the gov
ernment of No United States. Among
the fourte6 torTns of peace which the
president tmulated at that time oc-
Cured the Moving:
The r. pie of Austria Hungary.
whose pln&emong the nations we
wish to nfeguarded and assured,
should bA corded the freest oppor-
tunity OF Q 2nomous Developments
Ne &Dnoer at Liberty.
since entence was written and
uttered ~ congress Of the United
States tho ernment. of the United
Statea b}e aognized that a state of
belhBy<q0cy jsts between the Czecho-
Slovah hnd ne German and Austro-,
Czecho- Slovak national council il a de
facto belligerent government, clothed
with proper authority to direct the mil
itary and political affairs of the
Czecho- -Slovaks. 1t has also recognized
in the fullest manner the justice of the
nationalistic aspirations Of the Jugo-
Slovaks for freedom.
"The president is, therefore. no long
er at liberty to accept the mere 'auton-
omy' of these peoples as a basis of
peace. but is obliged to insist that they,
md not he. shall be the judges of what
action on the part of the Austro- Hun
sarian government will satisfy the as
oiration and their conception of their
tights and destiny as members of the
Family of nations.
Accept, sir. the renewed assurances
If my highest consideration.
(Signed) ROBERT LANSING"
Text Of Austrian Note.
The Austrian note, as presented on
)tt. by Minister Ekengren and ad-
lressed to the president of the United
states. is as follows:
THE Austro- Hungarian monarchy,
which has waged war always and
olely as a defensive war and repeat
dly given documentary evidence of it's
eadiness to stop the shedding of blood
nd to arrive at a just and honorable
eace. hereby addresses itself to his
ordship. the president of the United
tates of America, and offers to con-
lude with him and his allies am armi-
tice on every front on land, at sea