The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-16
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iiwhcn, through his decided change OF at
Y titude toward war issues. involving his
complete acceptance of the extreme Ger
\ man views. it had been supposed that
1 he had greatly strengthened his position
/ This change WAS manifested soon
4 after the BrcSt-liturSk peace confer
/ cnccs. where CZcrnin had become con-
WINGED that his moderate views regard
] ing the basis VI peace were unacc"ptt-
I bic tn the dominant annexation and
; forced indemnity party. Therefore Of
| ririalS here Arc inclined TO believe il
twas not because The count was obnoN-
iouS TO Austria's great ally that he was
Iforccd out of office. but rather that the
icXplanatiQn was to b. found in internal
IAuStro-liunGarian issues.
| 1t is recognized that L'Ecrnin involved
| Emperor Charles i'll Il most unpleasant
lpuSitiun Ivy his speech trying Iu faStcn
lupnn Franc" the responsibility for inI-
| tiating peace PROPOSALS last year. there
jhy enabling the French government 10
deliver IL master stroke i'll diplomacy by
producing the famuus letter OF Charles
| To Prince SlXtuS ifut quite aside from
| the SlNtuS Letter. recent events IN AUS
ltrp-HunEary have Indicated that Count
| CZcrnin'S tenure might be short. In the
| first place Their" WIS the friEhtful Suf-
fcrng OF the population. and especially
| i'll Bohemia. from the state of semi
starvation for which they held the gov
rrnmcnt responsible because it would
mot make peace III once. Then there
\ was the bitter dissatisfaction OF tho
Poles and tZcchS over the rcliuQuiSh-
| mcnl of the rich country Of Shohn 10
| the Ukraine us one of the conditions ~
;ha' ErrSt-LItovSk peace. Finally there
WAS the concentrated hatred of the for
J cign minister by the anti-Gcrman Gle
lncnts Of the Austrian confederation be-
cause Of his relapse into extreme con-
Scrratism and his adoption Of the pan
German program in its entirety, with
all its rcactIhnary policy.
AS it Is Understand Emperor Charles
himself still has liberal lcanngs ard ~
disposed 10 moderation 50 far rs war is
concerned, ii is conceived that he might
easily be inclined Ia rid himself Of Az
official SO unpopular with Il large part
at III" huStro-IIungarian population.
1t has been known. too, for long
time. that the count has been Il sick
man and that lie has oflrn shown signs
Of distraction and has many TIMES been
near the point of absolute physical COL
lapse as the result Of his strenuous eI-
furts to maintain control of TIE widely
diScordant elements that make up the
dual empire. llcnc" ii iS regarded as Ivy
no means Impossible. that h" has broker
in health and obliged u riyr way TO i
stronger man.
An official dispatch from Copenhagen
to-day says Vienna newspapers an
nounce that the committee for foreign
affairs of the Austrian delegation has
been cnnvokcd for the twentieth Of
April in order 20 give Count tzcrnin the
opportunity Ia make Il d"clH ration CON
corning events Of foreign policy. Tar
lament has been convnkcd Tor thu
thirticth of April. The same dispatch
says that q great Czech manifestation
Of protest WAS held at Prague on Sat
urday against C""nt CZrrnin's speech.