Evening star., 1918-05-14
BONDS
BETWEEN TEUTONS
Kaiser and Emperor Charles
and High Officials of Pow
ers Confer.
ALL IN COMPLETE ACCORD
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 13, via London.-The
chief features Of an agreement to
strengthen the alliance between Ger
many and Austria Hungary have been
laid down, says an official statement is
sued here today in regard to the visit
of Emperor Charles to German great
headquarters. The statement follows:
Emperor Charles visited Emperor
William at great headquarters on Sum
day In addition to his personal suite
the emperor was accompanied by For
eign Minister Burian, Field Marshal
Won ARR. chief of the general staff. and
Prince Hohenlohe, Austrian ambassador
at Berlin. Germany was represented
by Chancellor Won Hertling. Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg. Gen. Won Luden-
dorff, Foreign Secretary Won kuehl-
mann and Count Won Wedel, ambassa-
dor at Vienna.
a cordial discussion took place. and
all the fundamental political. economic
and military questions anectlng tne
present and future relations OF the two
mGnarchies were thoroughly discussed.
"Thcre was complete accord on all these
questions tending to deepen the existing
alliance. The guiding lines of the con-
templated contractual agreements al
ready exist IN prlnclple
Show Necessity Of Union.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 3.-A vigorous news
paper campaign is in progress in Austria
with the object of impressing on the
non-German population of that country
the absolute necessity of linking the des-
tiny of Austria-Hungary with that Of
Germany.
Even papers like the Zeit are point
'ng with much vigor that however much
Austrians may feel inclined to resent
manifestations of German arrogance
md superiority, this is not the time to
esent this tone, which is part Of the
north German nature
at would be more to the purpose. says
the Zeit, ito recognize that without
German backing there is but a poor
prospect of Austria-Hungary cutting
any important figure at the coming
peace conference.
Cites Need Of German Aid.
The Zeit points out with an air OF
resignation that the same. holds good
with regard to Austrias future eco
nomic development. The monarchy has
been too heavily hit, and its resources
too far exhausted for thought OF IN
Germany. No extension Of Austro-
Hungarian territories into the Balkans
is to be thought of without German
cooperation, and even the thought
that the result may be Of more benefit
to Germany than to Austria cannot
prevent the conviction that there Is no
other way of meeting the situation than
by cooperation. ar.
1--WE shall be wise," says the Zeit. III
we learn much from Germany. and op.
portunity will dictate those subsequent
actions on our part which will help US
to act more Independently in the, fu-
ture."
Admits There Is Antagonism.
The Vienna Tageblatt. in an article
along the same lines. says:
'Do not let us deceive ourselves. rms
tone Of antagonism to Germany ls
heard in many places.
"There are vast bodies OF our popula-
tion who still fail to see any value IN
our alliance with Germany and who
even after the evidence Of the past four
wears of faithful friendship on the part
~ onr aily resent the intimate connec-
tion between US and our dependence on
ut is not true, perhaps, that these
people dislike Germany merely because