Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-16
BURIAN SEES
WILSONPLAN
PEACE BASIS
Austro Chief Agrees With
Presidents Terms Civ
en- July Fourth.

Amsterdam, July 16.-BarOn
Won Burian, the AustrO-Hun-
garian foreign minister, in
note addressed to the Austrian
and Hungarian premiers, Is
quoted in dispatch from
Vienna as saying:
"There is hardly any differ
ence between the general prin-
cipIes enunciated by the states
men of both belligerents. Pres
ident Wilson's four new points
of July shall not, apart from
certain exaggeratiOns, arouse
our opposition.
Continuing, the Austria-Hungar-
ian minister said:
The enemy's obstinacy regarding
his territorial demands concerning
Alsace Lorraine, Triest, TrentinO
and the German colonies appears to
be insurmountable."
Praises Wilson.
In his reference to President
Wilson's four new points in his July
4 speech, Baron Burian said he was
able to approve of them heartily,
and that to a great extent nobody
would refuse homage to this gen.
ius and nobody would refuse his CO.
operation"
Barton Burian said none of the
beIligerent states need ever come
into the position reached by Rus
sia and Rumania as I'VE ever are
ready to enter into peace negotia-
tions with all our opponents"
Can Make Same Demand.
Continuing. the. foreign minister
Of Austria-Hungary said:
"If our enemies continuously de-
mand atonement for wrong done
with restoration, then this is a
claim which we could urge with
more Justification against them,
because we have been attacked and
the wrong done to us must be re-
dressed" ."
I'VE are prepared to discuss ev-
erything," said Baron Burian, "ex-
cept our own territory"
Text of Burian's Note.
zThe text of Baron Burian's note
to the Austrian and hungarian
premiers reads in part:
IF we sum up all that has been
said on the enemy's side in regard
TO their war aims. we recognize
three groups of aspirations which
are being set forth to justify the
OF bloodshed so that
the ideals of mankind may be real
lied.
The freedom of all nations,
which are to form a league of ma
tions and which in future shall
settle their differences by arbitra-
ton and not by arms is to reign.
THE domination of one nation
by another nation is to be excluded.
Various territorial changes are
to be carried out at the expense OF
the central powers.
These annexationist aims.
though variously shaped, are gen
orally known.
The intention. however, also ex-
lists. especially in regard to Aus
Hungary, to carry out her in
ternal disintegration for the pur-
pose Of the formation of new
states. Finally our opponents de-
mand our atonement because we
dared to defend ourselves sue
cessfully against their allies. Our
ability to defend ourselves is term
ed militarism and must therefore
be destroyed.
Separated By Territorial Aims.
Territorial aims are. IN fact. the
only things now separating the
oelligerent groups.
There Is hardly any difference
between the general principles
anunciated by the statesmen of
both belIigerents. President VIII
sons 4 new points OF July 1 shall
not, apart from certain exaggera-
lions, arouse our opposition.
From the confident utterances
of our opponents it appears they
have no fear of being defeated, If
they, nevertheless, represent the
peace treaties as a warning of our
-ratment of q defeated enemy we
10 not consider the reprOach justi-
fed,
None of the beiligeFent states
aeed ever come into the position of
Russia and Rumania as we are ever
ready to enter into peace negotia-
lions with all our opponents"