Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-08
AUSTRIA Bees
SEPARATE PEACE
Allies 10 Demand Use of Austrian
Railroads to Get Into
Germany.
FOES ARMY MUST QUIT.
Processes 10 Have Divorced Itself
From Any Other Government and
tc Ce Ready for Quick Com
piance With Terms.

Ecrnc, via Paris.--Austria, in a note
answering President Wilson's last
note, accepts all his conditions for an
armstice and peace.
1t gives "probaticn" to the Presi-
dents ideas OH the rights of the peo-
pies of AustrlaHungary, especially the
rights of Czecho-Slavs," whom it for
merly refused to recognize or deal
with.
1t "begs President Wilson to be good
enough to take the preparatory steps
for an immediate armistice and peace.
The text of the note as received here
omit for the first time in the dual mon
archy's history the words imperial
and royal" as prefix to govern
mcnt." 1t speaks throughout of "the
AuStro-H Hungarian government" The
text follows:
"In response to the note addressed
on October 10 by President Wilson
the Austro-Hungarian government, in
conformity with the decision of the
President to discuss separately with
Austria Hungary the conditions of al
armistice and peace, has the honor to
declare that it gives it's probation not
only to the former statement of the
President, but also to the ideas en-
pressed in his last note on the rights
of the peoples Of Austria-Hungary, es-
pecially the rights Of the Czecho-Slavs
and the Jugo-Slavs.
Hence, from the beginning, Austria
Hungary has accepted all conditions
upon which the President makes the
opening of negotiations on the subject
of an armistice and peace depend.
"The government Of Austria-Hun-
gary holds there is nothing more that
prevents the commencement of nego-
tiat;0Gs
"The government of AustriaHun-
gary declares in consequence that it IS
ready, without awaiting the result Of
other negotiations, to enter into dis
cussions to conclude peace between
IiuStr:aHungary and the opposing
states and immediate armistice on all
AuStrC- Hungarian fronts and begS
President Wilson to be good enough
to take the appropriate preparatory
steps"
The allies will make a separate
peace with Austria upon these condi-
tionS:
n inc o6, ncir
the Danube must be given the right to
use the Austrian railways, thus open
in.; the door Of Germany.
The Austrian armies released from
the front must not be used against the
reyoiting peoples Of the dual mon
archy.
These two main conditions were
learned from a reliable authority.
FuIfi!lmcnt Of these conditions it Is
believed, will force acceptance by Ger
r;any Of the unconditional surrender
terms which alone will bring the armis-
ticc K seeks.
There will be little, If any more, de
IHr than there was in dealing with the
li;'a OF bulgaria for an a:mlStice and
%rc. The reason Is clear enough.
Ore of the objcctires CT the allies has
len TO shake Austria. Turkey and
I'..igaria loose from the Gcr%'an alli-
=: &C. Bulgaria, starved and bankrupt,
r.a3 the first to fall. Turkey and Aus
tr'a now are dropping. Conditions.
=! be submitted to Austria qui ky
II tr1cr That the allies MAY exploit
;.;;l,out delay all he advantages that
vi! cc!;2 from The defeat Of Austria.
.'u#.ria will lie able. aS~1Tas PuI-
,::aria. to give tie allies :hc 5Sc Of her
...:'"ca;!s for il;il'ra"r fH;r';"acs Ger
l;;;.1y will be t!lrHus' nHi from the Side.
cr her Austrian frontier, II SIC is not
actually hemmed in OH This side.