The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-28
Disclosure Made That Sare-
jevo Victim Sought to Es-
cape Williams Clutches.
WANTED TO FREE AUSTRIA
German-Magyar Conspiracy
Formed to Defeat Plan to
Divorce Teutons.
CORRESPONDENCE is SEIZED
Creel Makes Public Letters of
Count Czernin Obtained
by Edgar Sisson.

| NEW YORK. March 27.-Georgo
| creel. former chairman OF the com
mittce on public Information, made
public here tonight n summary uf the
secret correspondence OF COUNT
Czerniu, late foreign minister Of
| Austria Hungary, WHICH was turned
over to Edgar Slsson at Prague by
the custodian official OF the Bohem-
ian government on January - last
One OF The most sensational OF the
disclosures was that there was u
German Magyar conspiracy against
the Archdhke Francis Ferdinand,
heir apparent to the throne bf Aus
lrih, who Was nssnssinatcd at Sara
ieNO on June ~, 1914, because he
was considered "a rival Of the then
Emperor william.
Trnnsiations Made.
Mr. Crccl said Mi sissun accepted
lhe privilege OF using the corre-
spondent In behalf ot the United
States government Trauslators and
a photographer IN the service Of the
committee on public Information
were set AT WORK to translate the
documents for general publication In
this country ns the final public con
tributiOn OF the committee. according
to Creel lie declared one copy was
70 be turned over to Secretary Of
state Lansing for use, of the peace
conference commission investigating
responsibility FOR the outbreak of the
war, while another was To be sent
TO the committee at Washington for
release TO the press. lie added that
Mr.. l.ansings copy undoubtedly was
IN his hands and that the copy for
the press probably was on its way
10 this country
In a report to MIR Ssson on the
scope Of the letters. Capt. Immanuel
Noska, L. S A. head OF the Prague
bureau OF the committee ON public
Information, said.
Sought Freedom From Rcriin.
From the documents and letters
II Will be shown that Francis Fcrdi
nand was working on building up
strong Austria which would event
ually cmRncipsto itself from the in
lluencc OF Berlin. This was blocking
beriin's plan for expansion toward
the east and the Berlin government
came 10 an understanding with the
budapest government to offset the
plans Of Francis Ferdinand
From one " the letters II is eyi |
.'.'' '''N Wv 'IInHn empefOr'A SON |
Eltel Frederick, was selected TO |
study the Magyar language md TO |
make friends OF the Magyar no |
bility.
Although no positive proof WINS
round from the documents on hand |
ms to the conspiracy to kin Arch. /
luke Francis Ferdinand, It Ia sur.
flcienty evident that there WAS no
conspiracy in Serbia for that pur-
pose. The archduke was rather a
friend OF Serbia In hatred or the
hagyars, as he knew OF the consplr-
icy between the Berlin and tho
budapest governments.
III IN shown from the letters thai
when Aehrenthal (AustrO- Hungarian
.ofelgn minister) annexed Rosnla I'm
Isos and Serbia protested through
'usSiR and was supported by Eng
ana, Count Czernin had an audience
With Francis Ferdinand The latter
vas against war with Serbia as the
powers would say halt" after Serbia
was overridden and nothing would
be gained In such a war. Hut Count
the chief OF staff was
'uonRly for war The Austro- Hun
,aTihn general staff was strongly un-
Ter the influence OF the German
,eneral staff"