Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
pAnrs ApRrL IL

IAEfs, APRIL Il.
The following official note WAS issued
latC last night
Once caught in the cogwhcels Of lying,
there - no means Of stopping. Emperor
Charles. under Bcrhn's eve, IS taking on
himself the living dcual~ Of Count Czermn,
and thus cnnpels tho French government
to supply the proof Herewith y the
,cxt II an autograph letter Comnunl-
Gated on March 81. 1917, by Prince SlNtus
slc Bourbon. the emperor of Austria $
hrnthcr-ln-law, to President PoinCarr,
and communicated immediately with the
princes consent, 70 the French premier:
TENT or LETTER
NV Dear Sixtus: The end of the
third wear 81 this war. which has brought
SO much mourning and gr7ef INTO the world
approaches Al the peoples OF my en-
pre- are more closely united than over
in the common determination to sale
guard the integrity of the monarchy at the
cost even a. the heaviest saCnhccs.
Thanks to their union. with the CcDcr-
Gus co-operati~n of al nat4onahtles, my
empire and monarchy have succeeded
for nearly three wears. Nobody can quoS-
ton the military advantages secured by
my troops particularly II the Balkans
PRAISE roR FRANCE.
France. on her SIDE, has shown fore
resistance. and dashlnc courage which
arc magnificent We au unreScrvclly
admire the admirable bravery which Is
;rad-ronal to her army, aud the spr't q
sacrfcc of the entire French people
Therefore il ls , special pleasure 20 me
~ note that, although for The moment
aiversaries. no real dlycrgencc OF views
-
t.nr,.rc from France. and that | am JUS
,lhcd in hoping that ny Keen sympathy
ior France. joined - that which prevails
in the whole monarchy Wlll forever avold
j return al ihc state al war, for which
ne RESI- lonslhllIty can fan on nc
UsI rNrLt-FNcE FoR ALsACE-L0RRATNE
With this in mind. and % show
- 8 definite manner the reality of these
feeling I beg You - convey privately
md unoiiicIalv 10 President Poincarc
that ] vii support by every means. and
u, cXert,ng al my personal influence
with my allies, Frances Just claims
regarding Alsacc-Lorrane
Belgium should be entirely re-estab-
li-hcd Ia her sovereignty. retaining en-
1irclv her Afncan possessions without
prejudice to the compensatlons she should
rereIve Tor the losses She has undergone
WOULD RESTORE SERBIA
Sc-ha should be re-established IN her
: .,verci gntv and * & pledge of our good
vii Wc are ready 10 assure her equitable
natural access 10 the AdrIaJc and also
VIDE economic concessions IN Austria
Hungary
on her side. We viii demand a prin-
,lual and essential conditions. that Serbia
,-,.Lsc N the future all relation with and
sIppreSse- every association or group
whose political object aims u the dis
Integra,ion ot the monarchy. particularly
the Serbian Political Society, Narodni
Orhraua. that Serbia loyalty and by
,.verv means in her power prevent any
ilnd of political agitation. either III Ser
nIa or beyond her frontiers in the fore
going direction and give assurances
thereof under nc guarantee Of the En-
teute Powers
The events III Russia compel me to
reserve my ideas with regard 10 that
country until "a legal definite govern
ment Is established there
ASKS ALLIES. BASIS FoR PEACE
Having thus laid my ideas clearly
before YOU would ask you il turn. after
consulting with these tvo powers, % lay
tltIbft ilic tltE Ok}l4iIoii % As+I-t
land. with a view thus 20 preparing the
ground for an understanding on the basis
% which official preliminary negotiations
could be taken up and reach i result
satisfactory to all
Hoping that thus NJ uIil 9oon be
able together n put limit To the suffer
ings Of 50 many millions 81 mcn and famI-
lies now plunged III sadness and anxiety
] beg 20 assure you of my warmost and
most brothcHy affection Charlie
The French note adds
AUSTRIA ASkLD 10 EXPLAIN
Count Czernin. having recognized bv
his note Of April 5 the existence Of this
negotiation due 10 the initiative Of q
parsonage Of d rank far above his the
Austrian government is now summoned
to give an explanation Of the attempt
avowed by IN and Of the details Of the
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