The Washington herald., 1918-01-23
ARMED TRUCE
IN AUSTRIA AS
RIOTS CEASE
Dual Monarchy Remains
Sputtering Volcano of
Popular Revolt.

Amsterdam. Jan 0-Austria-Hun-
gary continues q suffering volcano
of revolt.
1t came near irruption Saturday
and Sunday, but in the critical mo-
msnt the masters Of the empire king
dom poured streams of democratic
promise water" As q result the out
break has simmered down for the
moment to sizzling process. much
like that Of boiling water beneath
which the flames has been turned
down but not out.
Advices from unimpeachable sources
so represent the state OF affairs in the
dual monarchy. They state with en-
phasis that a revolution may have
been STAYED of but can be averted
only by one thing-peace In the i'm
mediate future
CensOrs Show Shrewdness-
The censors of Vienna and Berlin
are playing a shrewd game of hide
and seek with the outside world.
Now that the unrest has subsidized
only for days, perhaps hours-tbey
endeavor to convey the impression
abroad that all the news concerning
it was camouhaged, deliberately sent
out to make the world believe the
Hapsburg empire is crumbling.
One of the objects was, it is hinted.
TO encourage the labor movements in
the entente countries. Only in limited
circles did the Teutonic psychologists
succeed in finding belief for this re-
markable version. Some there were,
indeed. gullible enough to conjecture
ka \ L. IL
throw large forces from the West to
Italy and attempt a big drive there
while exposing the vital front" to
Hindenburg's amply advertised smash.
The real facts are, it was plain to-
night. that so impetuous and so wide
spread was and Is the Austro-Hun-
garian peace movement that it could
not be entirely kept from the world.
In An Armed Truce.
This very moment the unrest is as
strong as it was three days ago, au-
Ihentic dispatches show, the only diff
ference being that the Austro-Hun-
gaTian masses appear to have con-
scented to a sort of armed truce with
their government.
The real cause of the revolutionary
movement was defined today by Dep
uty Renner, a Socialist, in a Vienna
newspaper. thus:
The agitation is against a proIon-
cation of the war through support Of
Germsny's demands for anaexations
end indemnitfes."
The crisis in the Austrian cabinet
and in the Austro-Hungaria gov
ernment continue. but the report
OF Count Czernin's resignation as
foreign minister remains uncon-
firmed. Indications are that the
continuance of the Brest-Litovsk
parleys after all saved the day not
only for him personally. but for
the whole government.
seydIer's Three Pledges.
DIR. Won SeydIer. the Austrian
Premier. is quoted as having made
these pledges to a delegation of
la Dor leaders:
1T is his majesty's wish to end
the war at the earliest moment pos
sible by an honorable peace.
In pursuance of this desire and
on the principle it has repeatedly
announced. the government of the
dual monarchy has done everything
in its power aud will continue to
do everything possible, to bring
about most speedily a general
peace
If for the present, however. only
separate peace with Russia is
practicable. the responsibility rests
with the entente powers, which
have rejected repeatedly our peace
offers"
Sweeping concessions to the
masses, including liberalizing pOlit-
icaI reforms. are said to have been
promised upon the personal order
OF Emperor Charles.