Evening star., 1918-04-15
CzERN|N RESIGNS, /
PROBABLY UNDER |,
BERLIN Pressure
Vienna Dispatch Says He Quit
on Learning of Emperor
Charles Letter.. :.
SOUGHT PARLEY WITH -si
U. S. LAST JANUARY

Active in Moves to End ConAist,,
But Allies Looked on Him
With Suspicion.
| By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, April 15.-Count OsssA
min, the Austro-Hungarian foreign m4lai
lister, according to q dispatch fssa
Vienna, has resigned.
Emperor Charles accepted the sseaeH
nation and intrusted Count CssxAht
with the conduct Of foreign Affairs until
his successor Is appointed.
According to dispatch from vlnna u
tho Lokal Anzeiger Of Berlin. Cent
Czernin did not know Of Emperor Chaf16e
letter to Prince Sixtus when he ma6e
the statement that France had initiate4
| the conversations with Austria On leatn-
ing of the letter he resigned. but yisadsd
to a request that he remain in once unul
| the conclusion OF the peace agreemeue
| with Rumania- @z<
! An official statement received here -
day from Vienna asserts that the lstA
est statements Of the French premieQ
NJ Clemenceau, concerning the conveFsi
sations between Austria and FraNqDi
j regarding the possibility of opsnin8!
peace negotiations do not alter the ~ j
uation as regards the majority OF Csoee
Czernin's declarations. The Austx1en
foreign ministry. the statement saySE y
unable to ascertain who was respeaess
BILE for delivering to the French wAqei
| is said to have been q forged lstheesl !
substituted for the letter which wa1 -
have been delivered. Neither PrlHeoi
Sixtus, whose character 10 beyond ee|
| picion, nor any one else 10 accuses -
falsifcation. continues the stats@eeS
which concludes: The affair IL hegnA
with declared to be 1t an end" TX
Emperor Charles. according
Vienna dispatch dated Saturday e -
1 D4rIinsr Tagebtatt, has cApeelg j
visit he intended to make to Bude
Important conferences ON Austro-
were to have been held. Count cDef
Dr. Won Seydler. Austrian PREMIER
Ars Won Straussenberg. CHIEF q
general stan, and other o6iciais wsso -
l AASG 0SSh PIScohr
Causes Of Resignation. @ss,;
The recent publication by the FrsncA
government of the futile peace appeal
| sent out by Emperor Charles OF A1e.
tria- Hungary in March. 1917. and 0e
efforts Of the emperor and the Auste4
Hungarian foreign Office to explain IT,
letter to the satisfaction OF Germe3
nR0h0DXK
were the most potent influence Ia br1n9.
ing about the resignation OF Cou1e
Cxernin.
Since he was appointed foreign mir
lister on December %, 1915. In suooee-
sion to Baron Burian. Count Cse<nn
has been active in attempting to pm
about peace and the moderate tono e
his speeches has been In sharp ce.e
lories and the foreign secretaries Hew.
ever. his participation in the toree4
peace upon Russia az well ~ that 49,
Rumania did not show that his Acf1eoe
kept step with his words.
Sought Farley With q. 3
In the peace Offensive of the pfeGue
year Count Cxernin in the Austs1oA
reichsrath on January IS suggested -
exchange of views between Austxt1s
Hungary and the United States. He An>s
nounced also that Austria based hef
negotiations with Russia on the policy
Of no annexations or indemnities, but
there always was some doubt whefoef
his pactfist maneuvers were honest oF
were inspired by Berlin in an effort -
bring about a split among the entente
allies s5s
Count Cxernin on April 4, in an 50
dress at Vienna, declared that Prem11R
Clemenceau had sought peace nego0e
tions with Austria The French premaee
replied that Count Czernin lied. -
French and Austrian foreign ofhces 0Aa
issued statements explaining the -tns
official negotiations in Switzerland
Early last week the French govefos
ment declared that Emperor Charles
and Count Czernin both had said that
the claim Of France to Alsace-Lorraine
was just. This brought denial fre9 4
Emperor Charles in the form Of te1t-
gram to Emperor William, to whom ho 4
reiterated his loyalty to the German
cause and denied that he had said
France was justified in wanting AlsAeo- s
Lorraine returned.
This Immediately brought from the
French government the publication ef
a letter from Emperor Charles to his
brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus Of Bour-
the emperor asked be given to Pran3-
dent Poincare. In the letter the M Il
peror said that France should have
and that Belgium ana y
II
asked that London and Paris be felt - y
to probable peace terms. st.l
German Press Attacks.
German newspapers have attacked
both Emperor Charles and his forsfga (
secretary because OF this letter. and at-
tempts have been made to show that Is
was not written by the emperor. It
has been reported in Vienna that th6<o
was no attempt to hide its autRo1s
ticity. but that the French version M
sarbled 1t has also been reported thn4
the letter was written BY the smpeesxa
mother-in-law. e4
Count Czernin was In Rumania WN11
the letter was published by the vr9l1E
and he was summoue9 -
Vienna Friday. .z,zs
Count ottokar Cssrnin Won Chuden1>
n wealthy Bohemian landowner. DuI
minister to Rumania whom that o111S
try entered the war. Within six w1u
after the death OF Emperor Frau1
Joseph Count Cxernin was appofuE
foreign minister by Emperor Ch9zz
Count Cxernin 10 q very close frte11
Count Berchtold. foreign naintDteE<c1
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