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Answer Made to Covntrys
Peace Note
FREEDOM BEFORE ALL THINGS
Austrc- Hungarian oo~errr,est Muss
sstissy Medieval Aspirations OF its
o~n People Before pesoe
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500 has rejected the Austrian offer TO
conclude an armAstice and negotiate
peace. he declared Tat mere aufon-
omy for Austrian nationalities was
not SUFFICIENT. but that they must have
liberty.
The reply was made By secretnry
Lansing through the swedish minister
In Washington. X calls attention to
the tenth condition Of peaos enunc-
ated By President Wilson on January
& which says the people Of Austr,a.
Hungary should be- accorded the freest
opportunity Of autooomous develop
ment
The note calls attention to the rec
ignition by the United states Of the
Crecho-Slovaks' national council AZ a
de facto beiligerent government and
states that this country also has rec
ognized the justice Of the nationalis-
dc aspirations Of the JuEo-Slavp for
freedom.
Text OF Urpssd States Mote.
The text Of the note handed to the
Swedish minister follows:
Sir have the honor to acknowi-
edge the receipt Of your note Of the
seventh instant In which you transmit
a Communication Of the imperial and
royal government Of Austria Hungary
the president 10 request you 10 be good
enough through your government 10
convey 20 the imperial and royal gov
eminent the following reply:
The president deems ~ his duty to
say 10 the Austro- Hungarian govern
ment that he cannot entertain the pres
ent suggestions ~ that government be
cause ~ certain events Of utmost i'm
portance which. occurring since the de-
livery Of his address Of the eighth OF
January last. have necessarily altered
the attitude and responsibility Of the
government Of the United States.
Among the fourteen terms Of peace
which the President formulated at that
time occurred the following:
AK. The peoples Of Austria-Hun-
gary whose place among the nations
we wish 20 see safeguarded and as
sured. should be accorded the freest
opportunity Of autonomous develop
ment.'
"Since that sentence was written
and uttered 20 the congress OF the
United States, the government Of the
United States has recognized that n
state Of belligerency exists between
the Czecho- Slovaks and the German
and Austro-Hungarian empires and
that the Czecho-Slovak national coun-
ell Is de facto belligerent govern
ment clothed with proper authority to
direct the military and political af-
fairs Of the Czecho-Slovaks. II has al
so recognized In the fullest manner
the Justice Of the nationalistic aspirin
tons OF the Jugo-Slavs for freedom.
Rejects Austrian Plea.
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