New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
Demand Austria
Hungary Be Brought I'm
der German Tutelage
Hertling i'm Hurried
Trip to Emperor
Paris Believes Last Revela-
tons Have Not Yet Been
Made by Clemenceau
[Staf Correspondence


in discussing Emperor Charles's letter
TO his brothcr-in-law, made public by
the French government, in which he
seemed to commit AUSTRIA Hungary to
favor the French claims to Alsace-Lor-
raine, remarked to-day that the EN-
peror qualified the word "claims" with
the adjective Gust" thus leaving him
self an exit from such a predicament
as his present one.
1t was thought, however, that even
the most favorable explanation the En-
peror and his ministers might devise
would fail short Of satisfying the Ger
man Emperor and the Berlin govern
ment.
An official dispatch received here to-
day from Zurich says:
The German press is very much ex-
cited over the revelations which the
French government has made concern
ing the attitude of the Emperor of Aus
tria toward the Alsace-L Lorraine oues-
ton. The 'Neue Badische Landes lei
tung,' announcing that Chancellor Won
Hertling left suddenly on Tuesday to
join the Emperor at Great Headouar-
ters atfirms that their conferences will
revolve exclusively about the situation
created by the revelations of NJ. Gle
! merceau.
although the Vienna correspondent
Of the Frankfurter Zeitung' in a note
or extreme tlnlidity wrote Tuesday even
ing that the high parsonage mentioned
oy the French Premier in his reply to
Count Caernin could not belong to .he
ruling house, every one is convinced.
especially after the details furnished
by Clemenceau. that the facts imputed
: to the Emperor of Austria are exactly
given.
Militarists Cry Treason
The organs of the military party are
crying treason and demand that Aus
tria Be placed under the tutelaee of the
| German Empire. The 'Neue Badischc
landes Zetung' adds that the German
Ambassador at Vienna called Tuesday
at Ballrlatz (Foreign Ofice) to pre-
sent a communication from his. govern
ment"
A dispatch from Paris saws:
THE Echo de Paris doubts the sim
wrote his letter. If Austria wanted to
Iemancipate herself from Berlin, could
she not have given free hand TO the
Russian armies still active at the time
Berlin Was undergoing thousand DIFF
ticul.ies"
| ''lhe conversations undertaken in
!. April by Italy did not end until NAV.
Did they give the slightest proof of
the good faith of the monarchy? Quite
on the contrary. The most charitable
Interpretation is that, doubtful of Ger
man success, Vienna attempted an in
terchahge OF papers which, in case of
German defeat, would have served as
counter security to her and which, in
case OF German success, would have
been the means of destroying our CO.
elition.
Says Austria Must Pay
Such is the servitude of Austria
/ TO serve the master she must needs
simulate independence, and to-day she
, Will have to eXpiate for this mimicry.
The Figaro also remarks it would
be q grave mistake for the public tc
imagine that an honorable peace coulc
possibly issue from the negotiations
with Austria in 1917. The letter OF
Charles | directly drove the French
and English into conversations with
~. iiie'i'J Oit giving odtlSIdCtiOu ON GER
tain essential points, but it made nc
allusion to Italy, which was too deli
cate a point for Austria.
"This voluntary omission suffices ir
itself to show all that was artificial
and fragile in the disposition OF
Charles ! toward the Entente
"The petit Journal announces thai
other revelations may follow which
will bring full light to bear upon the
ri or
pires. M. Clemenceau still has at hi.
disposal other matters likely to con
vince the most skeptical of the odiou.
duplicity Of Vienna and Berlin.
"The Petit Parisienne' says: sTht
controversy between France and Aus
tria is not over, perhaps. but the con
trovcrsy between Austria and German,
is just beginning. 1t would be aston
ishing if William II read with screnit,
ho 1n{{o Dr.,