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The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-06-13

We were inside the outer circle be-
fore he could fire, and then it was so
inextricably mixed that there was no
sense in putting bullets into the mess,
one couldn't tell friend from foe I
went down at the first impact, an ell
bow in the same hurt ribs, but I
caught sailors leg at the ankle, top
pling him over. Then the big bull
captain rushed again, but it was too
late; Blake, Reedley, Burns and the
Scot were all over him In a minute.
and hammer and thrash as he might,
they pinned him down. The battle
was finished. had strength still to
toss Blake my bits of cord, and the
job which was to have been neatly
done in the captains berth was knot
ted tight on his quarterback.
There wasn't a whole sailor above
decks when we began taking inyen-
tory of our victory; the mate was
dead, and two Italians who had fought
with him were bullet-wounded: there
was one man in the cabin with his
head cracked, two on the deck, all un-
conscious, and the rest were nursing
minor injuries in the forecastle.
Of our end of the scrimmage, was
the only one seriously hurt, for Cliff
ton when pulled out from under the
cabin mess, revived quickly from a
head wound with a spike, Reedley and
Blake had but surface bruises to show
while our Scotch ally had received
not a scratch.
When they lugged me down to my
cabin and into a berth, we were a
quite happy bunch of mutineers.
Blake had gone at once to the bridge
to attend to the ships navigation, SO
I had Reedley rap softly twice, then
three times on Isabelle's door. went
to sleep, sort of, after that and didn't
know anything more till late the next
afternoon.
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CHAPTER Kill.
The End of the Trail.

was nicely bundled up in swath-
ings about the midriff when came
out of my lethargy, and Isabelle and
the signora were close at hand to tell
me must not talk and ask if was
feverish, hungry, thirsty, wanted a
taste of brandy or an egg-nog, felt
better, was too hot or not hot enough,
and the thousand and one foolish
questions which make it pleasant to
be sick and nursed by women-folks.
l told Isabelle my brow needed the
cooling touch of her hand, and the
signora attended to it; and / explain
ed that a steak, porterhouse size, with
French fried potatoes, corn on the
cob, two fried eggs and strip of ba-
con, stewed tomatoes or creamed
cauliflower, with something light for
dessert, and two-maybe three-cups
my appetite. and received beef-tea in
thimble-sized cup. But was out of
pain and on the mend, and the Sakun-
tala was pointing her nose for Mazat-
Ian.
Kodani, extremely subdued and val
etful, divided his time between Cap
tain Belgrag and me, giving needfnl
assistance to the invalids; for the
Igerian was in worse situation than /,
the bullet having pierced his lung.
Lacking other medical attention than
the clever Jap was able to give. he
was a rather hopeless case, and Cap
tain Blake's decision to make Mazat-
Ian rather than Guayaquil was due to
the knowledge that there was better
hospital there.
With Reedley- promoted
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crew, just how many she did not
know.
She saw Captain Belgrag the next
afternoon, when the yacht was being
made ready to get under way, and he
told her what had been sent to Isa-
belle in the typewriter, unsigned
note; that Marnee and the duke had
anticipated the wedding by day, and
had sailed by another ship. 1t was
not an unlikely story, for the signora
knew that every force of diplomacy
and pressure would be brought to pre-
vent the marriage, should the dukes
relatives have an inkling of it, and
until she heard Isabelle's sad tale of
Marnee's death, she had given it cred
ence.
So it was Captain Belgrag who held
the key to the solution of the mystery.
He knew when he sailed Wednesday
that Marnee, at least, was dead; prob
ably that the duke was dead; other
wise there was no reason for the lie.
And Captain Belgrag was the very
last man in the world / could imagine
telling me truthful tale of the hap
penings on that Tuesday night, when
he went ashore in the boat.
isabelle" said /, when we had talk
ed it all out, ''it was my own mystery
my very own and tried to run
away from it! There were you and
Marnee and 1, all involved. and who
had been solving these riddles for
eighteen years turned my back on it
and ran away!"
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downward trend of the bullets indicat-
ed similarity. Still the third man had
been shot from the same angle, and
we knew he was alive on Wednesday
night when Isabelle and l visited the
Greek church. he following. Marnee
was killed Tuesday afternoon or
night; the stranger, Thursday; Freel
at sometime between Tuesday morn
ing and Thursday at midnight, l could
not say when.
This brought US up to Captain Bel
grag of the Sakuntala. Had Marnee
and the duke intended to leave San
Francisco on the yacht? / asked lsa-
belle. and she answered that it had
been outfitted for their honeymoon.
Then Signora Cesana's story of the
happenings between the time the
Yacht dropped anchor in the bay
Tuesday afternoon and sailed away
Wednesday was all-important Isa-
belle knew it and told it in a few
words.
A small boat from the shore, with
two men, had brought Marnee a note
lust as the yacht came to her anchor
age, and Marnee had fastened into
coat and hat, going back with them.
She would not let the signora accom-
pany her, but said she must go to the
duke at once; nothing was wrong, but
he must see her.
That was about three o'clock. Later
on, after the ship was snuggled down.
Captain Belgrag and boats crew of
the men went ashore, leaving the
mate in charge. Still later, another
boat-load of the men put off, with the
mates leave.
Signora Cesana waited up all night
for Marnee's return, but she never
came back. She was not certain that
the captain did that night, but one
boat-Ioad of seamen came in. The
other boat had never shown up, was
still missing, as were many OF the
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$50. SLOvENsKO CLAsIo soCIAIIsTIcNE sEKCIJE
Predsednik Wilson odgovarja Avstriii.

dlnastljo. NenOmer tesneiSe zblizcvanje Dunaja
Ill Berlina je o6itno ozna6evalo Smer, katero je
zaplula Avstria; narodi so spoznali nevarnost,
da postanejo kot tlani duane monarhiie Sc pod
lozniki llohenzollernov posebej
Tedaj so prenehali vsi zagovori kompromisov
IN idcja popone neodvisnosti je zmagala povscd
Avstrija sama je prignaa narode do tega nezo-
glbno Jim je vSilila Spoznanie da moraio locii
cd nje Ge noCeiO utonti nieni mlali in odkar
je priSo tako daleG, nj wee povratla
Tud karlove Wade so ostac Starem kolo-
vozu, menjapoce besedilo svoih programov, I'VE
so varujoce njih vsebino, po kateri mai hi bila
AvStriJa nemSka drzava, miloSno dovoljujota da
j s!uelJo nenemSki narOdi, kakor MAJ hi nemadiar
ski ma Ogrskem suzili madjarslli oligarhiji
Sedaj ko je polom centralnih sill neizogiben
ko je Avstriia Y zunanji i'm notranji politik impo-
tentna, ko Sc lIohenzollernom in IIabsburzanom
JavIJa oetterdaemmerung' ie Karl Iiabsbur
Ski naenkrar fcderaiist in "poklanja'' narodom
milostljivo "avtonomijo" kot Miklavzevo darilo
Sentimentalno gOvori armadi in mornarici o ''pra-
vicah' ki Jill bo vsak narod uziva ma svojem tc-
ritoriju; baron HusSarell rise meie avtonomnih
formacij; cesarski hiStorik izopavajo lcgendar-
no llirijo IL groba; Wckcrle pole prayicah. XII
Jih misli mad djarSka ariStokraciia priznati nema-
dJarskm narodom ia Ogrskem; ofciozni casni
karli pa Skladajo besede, XII maj hi oznaGie da IL
polnJuJe Avstriia pogoje predSednka Wisona in
pripravlja $ TEN mir. takajo6a lie Sc ma vdano "a
hvalo narodov IA to neskonGno dobroto
Naenkrat Sc vlije mrze curek ma vso TO 60
recnost; predsednik Wilson odgovaria Burianu
da je Avstrija zamudia cas- <o hi Sc hila lahko re-
sila podeitvijo avtonomij: medtem ko Sc e obo
tavljala in postavljaa svoie pan-germanske Seyd-
ierje ma oder, ie Sla zgodovina svoio pot in danes
stoJe pred oblicjem sveta narodi. katerim Sc
mora Avstrija prav tako pogajati kakor Zedinie-
mimi drzavami, Franciio ali Anglijo, Begijo ali
-taiilo. I'll narodi MISC vec isstnira HalysburzA
nov, temvec zivi. pravi samostoini organizmi ka-
term ne more Avstrija niG ve5 ukazovati kate
rim nina niteSar wee podarit tomveG mora njh
spoznati enakopravne faktorjc Ako zahtevajo ii
narodi popolno neodyiSnoSt. sc ne more Avst ria
ma nlkogar zanaSati, ki bi jim to hran
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URA JE ODBILA.

C. bi bilG ;cga koliclaj vrcdna bi Sc Avstrija
cloveku skoraj Smila. smrti je vedno nekai
patetitnega, III Avstriia umira. TragiGni moment
tel katastrofi pa podaja deistyo da je Glno-
rumeni konglomcrat narodOv Sredi Evrope incl
zdravilo "a reSitev, da ga je habsburSlla monar-
hija vedno odklanjala; Sedaj sega zeljno DO men,
ali --- prepozno je. Nsak cas- pred vojno bi 81
bilo to, kar ie doslej imenovalo Avstro-Ogrska.
lahko ohrano &ivjenje, &c bi bill nieni politGni
zdravniki razumeli potrebe razvoia in omogoGili
preuStroiStvo dualne drzave zvezo avtonomnih
narodOV. Toda vsem poizkusom regeneraciie ma
podlagl Svobode IN enakopravuoSti So .,e Iabsbur-
zani i'll njih oprode trdovratno uprali, dokler so
bill narodi pr wolff, da hi Sc bill zadovoli ta-
kim odplacilom TIA trina in patoloSko hrepenc-
ME po dinaStitn glorii je bilo edino V Gemer so
IIabsburzan ostali doSledn; ali pray ta opozicija
XII sc nj paSila niti gazenja slavnoStnh prseg in
re jc kriticnh taSh zatekaa K nizllim in smeS-
MIN separijam, vabeGa narode ma nerodno zakrin-
kane kompromiSe, katermi hi bill Sc bolj po
slabSali svoj polozaj in Sc fakttno odrekh svoiim
pravicam, je moraa narodih uGvrSiti prepri6a-
ME, da je pod habsburSkim zezlom vSaka realiza-
ella pravicnosti izkljucena.
Ma zOGinski naGin provocirana vojna je il
premenila odpor narodov napram avstriiskemu
Sistemu stud nobeden izmed niih nj hotel biti
solidaren monarhijo. XII ie oSkropila cd nog do
glave z nedolzno krvjo in vsi hiteli povedat ci-
viliziranemu svetu, da MISC "Avstrjci'', temveG
cd Avstrje zatiran in brezvestno izrabl iani Cehi
in Poljaki, Siovaki in Trvatie, Slovenci in Rusini
iiaiian in Rumuni
Bill med mimi paG Sc konservativni ee
menti. ki hi bill spreieli avtonomijo start zvezi
kot loze dOsegljivi cilj Cd preustrojsva Avstrije
federacijo narodnh ,drzav so pricakovali tudi
blagodejen vpliv mednarodno politiko in hitter
konec vone.
Brutalno nadaljevanje metode avstrijske Via
de pa morale zatrcti tudi made najbolj sangvi-
nienih eementov. Absolutizem jc postajal drz
nejSi od dne do dine; pan germanizem je grozeGc
dvigal gayO; jezikovne pravce narodov
boljnbolj zatirae in perSekucije So kazale malen-
kOstno zobnost prepovedovaniem slovamikh Ia
stav, zabrano cirske pisave, preganjanjem o.
seb drliStev in institucij zaradi narodnosti in ie
zika. Obesanie in Streljanje Cehov, Jugoslovanov.
Rusnov, Poliakov, Italijanov hekatombah nj
moglo Witt narodom navdusenja "a monarhijo in
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Cctudl Je grof Taaffc SvOjcas tarna drZav-
mem zboru, da ne more vlada Avstriji nic dru-
zega, kakor 'Sich fortfretten' je vendar koieri-
ia krmu mislia drugace Avstrija jc bila
!aStnina lIabSburzanov, in po tenn nazoru je bila
veicina in biSG habsburSke familije drzavna idc-
in Avstrije. Njei ie morala suzit vsa politika in
vsed tega je morale vse notranje napredno delo
Ostati zanemarienO
Doker je Nemciii gospodoval Bismarck,
je ostala avstrijska diplomacja boil zakotju.
; 'siavo" tega imena MISC mogli tekmovati av-
sirjski in madjarski drzavniki, manjkao jim je
pa tudi enerzije in sposobnosti da hi sc bill ko-
sail njegovo machiavellisticno zviiaGnostio in
brezobzimostjO, XII sc je svojo politiko "Zwei
EiSen in Feuer" (dvoje zeez ognjD tudi Az
>trijo igrala kakor macka miSjo.
kakor vsi majhni, domiSl javi duhov so pa
tudi oni upali, da pride ''njih cas- in medtem
Mdali gradove obakih Obzorje jim je bilo pre-
vec omejfno, da hi bili'spozna kako napravlja
NemGija IL svoje zaveznice Avstrije bojinbolj
Svojo vazalko; kajzerjevo vladO Z naivnm
upanjem smatrali "a svoio dobro priiatcl;ico in
pomocnico Bcrlinu so ih lahko pustili tel
veri, kcr nj ME stala in e ohranila oficienO Av-
Strijo dCbri wolff, nemsliim naGrtom pa nj mogla
Skodovati. Avstrjski diplomatic so bill pa trdno
preprlcan da imajo Svoje lastne naCrte Xxi Sc ne
morejo krizati nemSkimi, zveza Z NemGiio Sc je
vSled tega vedno obnavljala in utrjevaa
Aehrenthal ie bill tis' Xxi je napravil prvi ko
rak Ia uresnicenje velikohabsburSkih dej. Anc
NSja Bosne in Herzegovina maj hi bila utrda po.
lozG, Avstrije ma Balkanu in jo pripravila "a do
Sego daljSih ciljcv. Toda ko Sc ie baron Aehren-
thai zaletcl in napravil prvi skok, mu ie zmani-
kalo sape "a drugega. Dajal mu sicer ime av-
strijskega Bismarcka, toda mpz 'zeleza in krvi"
vendar nj bill ia aristo dunaiske sorte. Ane-
kSiJa je povzroca razburjcnje TurCiji in V
Srbiji. Ma TurSkem scer MISC imeli nobenega upa-
MIA, ola dobe Sc kdai BOSno in Herzegovina, ali
anoksiia ic hila hud moralcn udarec IA mladO-
'urfc' fi 90 bill pravkar priSli krmiIo. Srbiia
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'casitljiv' start Avstriji Sc vrse zpre-
membo. IL vsch mogocih krajev prhajajo vesti
TEN i'll Getudi je veliko nejasnosti i'll protslovij
njh, jc vendar, kadar kriticno precede, spozna-
Ii, da gre "a dogodke najveGje vaznosti, ki pO-
menijo mic mani kakOr razpadanje stare monar-
hije. Brzojayi datirani Londonu, Amsterda
mu, Haagu, Dunaju, Budimpesti, Bazlu, Curihu
it'd soglaSajo TEN, da stopajo ma mesto enotne-
ga avstro-ogrskega cesarstva avtonomne drzave.
o nacinu porajanja teh novih teles poroGia
nesoglasna, deloma popolnoma konfuzna kar je
pac naivec pripiSati dejstvu, da sc vecina dopis-
nkov ne spozna V zamOtanih avStro-ogrskih raZ-
merah IN zlaSti he pozna podrobnostl konstltuclJe
in sestave te abnormalne drzave i'll vpraSanj ki
prihajajo ma dnevni red.
Razhajajo Sc pOrocia poglavitno TEN,
da govore nekatera revolucionarnem proka-
mranju neodvisnosti, medtem ko javljajo drugi
cesarske sklep, po katerih bi Sc AvstroOgrska
Hpremenila federacijo narodnih drzav Prica-
kovati je, da pride kratkem wee jaSnosti TO
zmedO. Medtem je pa ma jboj verletno, ola sc vrSi
oboje Narodi Sc Gutiio re dovoj mocne, da ma
sopiiO Z odprtim vizirjem i'll skusajo uyeljaviti
svojo voio brez obzra ma vlado in njene namene;
dinastija pa skuSa resiti, kar bi sc Sc dao resii
in nastopa, kakor da daje narodom po svOj dobri
volJi avtonomijo in drzavnost.
Med tem kar daie gospod Karl, in tenn, kar
zahtevajo in 81 jemljejo narodi je nedvomno We
ika razlika. To ze zaradi tega ne more biti dru-
gace, ker motvi obeh straneh razicni. Ten
denca narodov je centrfugana, ona dinastije pa
centripetalna; narodi hocejo narazen, cesar bi
jih rad drzal skupai; narodom ne della vprasa-
ME, kaj bo monarhijo in dinasijo, nobenih pre-
gavic; Karlu ie reStev njegove krone vpraSanje
vseh vpraSanj.
Ali kar Sc godi ma eni in ma drug stran po-
daja dokaz, da je stara Avstrija pos.c!a nemo-
COCA in da 81 tudi vlada dinastijo vred ne more
ia veG zatajti ega dejstva In "a sedanii treno-
tex zadostuie pravzaprav ze to. Kajt danasnj
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Gospod! Cast mi je potrditi sprejem Vas,
note dne Z. I. m. katero ste mi poslali sporoGilo
cesarske i'll kraljevske avstro-ogrske Wade "a
predSednika. Sedai imam nalog od pred dscdnika
da Vas prosim, da ste tako dobr i'm sporoGite no
tom svoje Wade ccSarski in kra ievski avstro or
ski vladi sledeGi odgovor:
PreSednik smatra Ia svojo dolznost poved9.i
avSro-ogrSki vladi da more Sprejeti Sedanjc
ponudbe te Wade vSled dogodkov naiveGie vazno-
sti, ki So primerili liza niegovega govora dine
S. januarja l. l. in morali izprementi nastop in
odgovonoSt Wade Zdruzenih drzav.
Med Stirina istimi mrovnimi pogoji ki iih je
pred oh tiscm caSu oznaGi ie bill sledeGi
NarCdom AvStro-Ogrske, katerim zelimo vi
deti zagOtovljen warren prosor med narodi, mora
biti priznana najsvobodnejSa prilika avtonomnega
razvoia.
Odkar ie bill ia stavek napiSan in izreGen pred
kongresOm Zedihjenih draw, ie vlada Zedinjenih
drzav priznala, da obStoji vojno Stanje med Ccho-
slovak in nemSkim ter avstro-og grSkm cesarst vom
in da je GeSkoSlovaSki narcdni svet faktiGna voina
vlada. opremjena z'vso avtorteto "a vodstvo voi-
nh in polittnih zadey Ceho-Slovakov
! Enako ie ma najpopolne.Si naGin priznala pra-
vitnoSt narodnih aSpracj .ugoSlovanov "a Svo-
bodo.
Predsednik torej nina wee proStosti, da hi
sprciel Samo avtonomijo" "a te narodc kot mi
rovno podlago temyo6 mora vztrajati ma tenn, da
bodo on in sodnilii o TEN. kakSna akcia cd
itrani avstro-ogrske Wade bo zadostila niih aspi-
raciie ter njih o pravicah in usod teh Ella
druzine narodov.
mega spoStovanja
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dan Sc III zadnii in danasniim dogodkom slcdi TO.
kar Sc zgodi jutri in pojutrsnjem.
Avstrija je sedanji vojn premapana. tako
tcmejito premagana da Sc more kveciemu DO
raz TurciJe primerjati 2 njenim. Premaeana ie
'ako temeljito, da sc ze danes lahko pravi: Av-
strija je bila in nj je veG
Nelicina tega poraza postaja najboli razum.
lJiva, te 81 priklicemo nekoliko predzgodovine te
voJne in njen zaGetek spomin.
liza okupacije Bosne in Herzegovina ie Av.
StrlJa dobvala vse vecje ambicie in hotela iorati
>avno vogo kot 'Grossmacht' Medtem ko Sc ie
zapadni svet tekom mirolega stolet in nrilago.
dill razmeram, ki jih je zahtevao novo gospodar
sko MvIJenje in So raZvil moderne meSGanskc
drzave Je vladaJota klika Avstriji popolnoma
obtlcala tradicijah pretcklCsi in Sc trdovrai
no upirala potrebam in terja;yam modcrnc dobc
svoJ kratkovidnoSti in popolnim nerazlme-
vanJem zgodovine je mislila, da Sc delretira-
nJem lahko doscze, kar hoGe Dasi ie bila mo-
rala spreJeti konStituconalno obliko, je vendar
mlsllla, da zadostuje forma in da ii nj trcba
spreJeti duha ustavnosti. Parliament ie smatrala
"a privesek, XII lahko gotovih sucaiih sluzi "a
dekoraciJo vprico zunanjega sveta ne pa IA "a
stopstvO ljudstva. ki maj hi po MEM samo vlada-
To- ZatO sc je tudi vsaka vada Zobmi in nohti
uplrala vsakemu razsirjenju volilne pravice XII bi
ihoSio ~ Parlamehta napraVltl aparat "a reSnicno
zakonodajstvO in "a konroIo Wade
Druzba, Xxi je gospodovala Avstriii Sc nj
nikdar mogla vzivet ideio da prpadajo ljud-
stvu kaksne pravice. Zanjo ie bila masa narodoy
lie cloveska treda, izroGena Habsburzanom od Bo-
ga varStvo in dolzna jim pokorscino Ker je bill
Ia sistem Nemciji izveden skoraj do popolnosti
ga Je avstrijska klika zvesto kopiraa Vcas ie
morala pri tenn nekoliko odnehat ker je 'imeo
lJudstvo Avstriii vedno nekai wee rcbeicnega
duha' kakor Nemtiii. ia drug strani il ic pri
naJaIa ma pomor raznovrstnost narodnosti. ki ih
Je znala kaj sprctno i2igravat drugo proti drugi
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jc bila razdrazcna kcr je imea dokaj utemeliene
IA upania da il pripadcta Bosnia in herzegovina
ozirom ma TO, da JIG vccna ondotnega prebi-
Nalstva Stella IA srbsko. u aneksjo je bilo to upa-
rjc Uniccno. Srbijo ie Aehrenthal potoazil OBJ
liubo gospodarskih ugodnosti cesar potem Av-
strija nj izpolnila.
V tenn Sc jc pokazala Aehrenthalova "sa-
bost' Cc hi bill ze takrat grof Berchtod ma ME
-ovem meStu, hi bill najbrze vcsejem pozdravi
srbsko razburjenost in jo spreiel kot ugodno pre-
tvezo "a napovod vojne. NojaSki casopisi ma Du-
maj itak rozljai sabljo, talo da hi sc bill
goSpOd minister lahko skliceva popular
nost' voirc: tudi ma mnenje Europe, ki je gasi
Ia pozar z vsemi brizgalnicami, Sc Berchtod ne III
bill tako oziral, kakor Sc je Aehrenhal, XII je po-
tcm iziuSil habSburSko hvaeznost, ko je ma smrt-
nj posteli par ur pred smrtjo, dobi sporocilo, da
c cesar spreicl njcgoyo demisijo.
NjegOv nasednik jc bill mOz, Xxi ga ic drzava
po ''priStno avStrijskh'' nazorih pOtrebOvala.
Berchtold jc kmalu naSop kot imitator 'vei-
kcga" kanccaria Ze tckom balkanske vojne je
pcka2al svoio 'cnerzijo' in oGanie da nj re ta-
krat pr;Sio do SvctOvne vojne, ne zadene MEGA
ON Sc je poSteno boli pravilno rcGeno nepoSlc-
no trudil. da hi bill dosege TAX rezultat in ME
gova krivda nj, da jc bill naposled vpliv angleske
in francoSkc dpomaciie Xxi je hotea ohraniti
mir vcndar veGj od njegovega in da Sc Nemciji
IRA Sc nj zdela prava.
Toda Bcrchtodova vztrajnost Sc nj dala pre-
magati. Postati je hotel 'veliki moz Avstrije" in
>voicga ciia nj puSil zpred oGi. Maj ie krvda
NemGiie kolikorkoi utrjena, greh Avstriie Sc "a
ra,li tega mic ne zmaniSa. Berchtod nj niti "a hip
prenehal ustvarjati vojno razpolozenje, priprav
!iati pretvcze, provocirati in odstranjevati moz-
nosti pobotanja, dokler nj naposled res priSel "a
zeljen cas-.
Ako sc pogleda danes nazai ma par let av-
Srijsic politike pred vojno, postane marskai raz-
umiivo, kar Sc je takrat zdelo lie absurdno Via
da ie pomnozevaa vojastvo ponOvnimi rekrut-
mini zakoni povisevaa je yojni proraGun cd le-
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m 'cil So Nakor prpovcdGj Gjcjo>poroeila cdklo-
mn od liabSburzanOv ponuieno avtonomiio raz-
' ' i'rducanh zastavo Syoje republike in nih
"ulahJl narodni Svet je razgla:;il ziavo GeSkoslo
'"SNe heodVlShosti. Avstrija bi bila ncdvomno DO
'Nusha krVl zatreti to revolucionarno gibanie
'S"J ia 'eSkem, kJer "a lahko doseze Ali nepo-
"redno "a TEN prihaja Wilsonova nota in Avstriia
ve' da je popolno prmanje samoodlocevania mi.
rovni pogoj Amerike Ako no6c izgubiti ysake
Pouiage "a mirovno pogajanie mora ustaviti vsc
perSekucile ma CeSkem in dokazati svojo odkrito
'Frno VoIJo' da sc pogaja Ceho-Slovaki kot ne
odriSnim. samostoinim narcdom
Me M wee ma poti da Sc Ceho Sovaki koikor
Je do5edanjih nedOvrSenih razmcrah mopo6e. ia
koJ uSianove kOt neodvisen narod in 81 eventual
no Y Fragi nvolijo svojo provizorcno vado. XII
IahKo 'akoI zacne suvereno upravO CeSko-slova-
She repuplke JugoslovanOm pa daje Wilsonov
odgovor ma znanje, da lahfo slede GeSko.slovaske
mu zgledu III ka<or oni razglase svojo neodvisnost
AvSrija sc bo mimi lahko pogajala o me iah med
poSeStjo ki il ostane in jugoslovanskim teritori
Jem raznlh finantnih vprasanjih. ki jih bo treba
f'S!l ma kakrSenko nacin. privatnih pravicab
III poSlaneJo dvomljive, i. l. d., toda neodvsnost
Je od tc ure Stvar JugoslOvanOv samih in Avstriia
sc Je ne SINE dotkati il enakih razlogov. kakor se
SkC4,lovaSlle ne
FoIJakov nj bilo treba predsedniku niegovi
noti omenjati, kcr e naglaSal ze svojih pryh sti
fmalStih tockah potrebO neodviSne. zediniene
Poljske
Ne more biti dvoma da bo predsednikova no.
ia mela naJpomembnejse prakticne posledice Cim
pride memo besedilo Prago. Liubl iano Zagnb in
hrakov. le nadvse verjetno da SC razvijc zastava
necdviSnosti povsod, kaiti vpriGo garancije, Xxi jo
dalejo Wilsonoye tehtne besede narodom nj mi
sti, da hi sc kateri izmed njih Sc zadovolii av-
tonomjo. Revolucija Avs:riji prestopi IL ideje
resnienost in lIabsburzani Sc lie ne bodo veG IL
pail zatreti, kajfi 2 vsaIim faKim poizkusom mo-
rejo lie poslabsati svoj poozaj.
Avstrija je bila &c dolgo bolna Sama je "a
krivia svoj marazcm in narodom ne more ocitati
mic druzega kakor da sc MISC hotei z MO vred "a
duSii V motvirju V katero Jill ic hotcla zapcljati
Potrebovala je pa Sc energGncga Samarit anca XII
hi il dial odlotilni sunek in jo reSi predoge ago
nije. Predsednik Wilson je oprav nalogo; izvr-
s jo ie modro in lrepko; izvedel io je siiajno S
svobodo nekdaj avstrjskih narodov ie neocliivo
Spojeno njegovo ime.
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Zdi Sc. da Sc bodo liza predsednikovega jas
mega in najvetjega uvazevanja vrednega odgovo-
ra styari nitro razyjae. Dvomljivo je, &c ina Av-
strija Sc toliko moci, da hi moga uprati zahtc-
VAN svojih narodov samih. popolnoma pa je IL
NjuGeno, da hi moga resno upirati zahtcvi Zc-
dinjenih drzav, ki il nalagaio. da ugod tenn ma
rodom, &c hoGe spoh dobit priliko, da sede h kon-
fcrcntn mzi, pri kateri bodo sedci zi.,topniki Zc
dinienih drzav
.NilSonova nota Sc nc more dovoll visoko
niti in Iedinjenc drzave 81 pridobilc nio "a
sugc. ki ostane neizbrisna i'll nepozabna, kGdar
pOstane svoboda prizadetih narodov gotovo del
StNO.
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PREDSEDNIKoVA NoTA.

Odgovor predsednika Wilsona XII ga .c drzav-
nj taJnik Lansing podal Svedskemu poslanlu ket
oskrbniku avsrijskih intereSov V Ameriki. Sc
glasi:
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ZARJA NOvEGA DNEvA.

Robert Lansing