AUSTRIA

Grey River Argus, 20 May 1918, Page 3

AUSTRIA

til,, KAISER AND EMPEROR KARL THE CONFERENCE UNSATISFACTORY. (Rec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) BERNE, x\lay 18. ' Reports indicate that a meeting between the. Kajser and Emperor Karl proved unsatisfactory. The conference was much shorter than planned and the return of Emperor Karl to Austria caused nfost diverse comments in Germany. BOHEMIA'S DEMANDS. (Rec. May 18, 5.5 p.m.) BERtfE,,May 17. It is reported from Vienna that a deputation of ; . Czechs including members of Parliament^ warned Seidier that if the' Government created a Constitution in Bohemia on the German model, Czechs would raise a sanguinary revolution. HUNGARY'S INDEPENDENCE. NOT ENTANGLED BY NEW ALLIANCE. (Rec. May 18, 5.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM^ Maj 17. M. 'Wekerle, ( I;he Hurigiah Premier,, in a sijeeeti in the Hungarian Chamber denied that the.jiew treaty aiFected the independence of the Austrp^Hungarian, .Ai^biy. ' ', 'Qertain military agreements had been reached but not adversely to Hungary. Similarly, though an economic rapprochment liad. been arranged j it would not prejudice Hungarian economic independence. * The agreement's required, the Chamber's approval. He also declared tljai Emperor Karl's peace terms letter had been satisfactorily explained, to Germany and the. incident was now regarded as closed. . ■ . ...