AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THE WAR
PEACE BELIEVED TO BE IN SIGHT. , " .' "BUT ROUMANIA MUST FIRST BE EUNISHFD." ; (Australian and N.Z. W L a Association.) (Rec. Nov. .16, 1Q.30 a.m.) BUDAPEST, Nov. 14. Count Apponyi, interviewed by a Bcr« ;lin press correspondent, said:—"W« are getting near are' sure it is on the way. We do not mean that it will come next week, or next month, but the foundations are being laid. Viscount Grey's and Bethmann-Holweg's speeches 1 that the two chief belligerents aro , getting closer. Although they are still ' wide apart they are approaching common I ground, and why not? This common ground is the desire all nations have—an, international agreement which "will ensure the world's peace for the future. If-such a guarantee.be arranged,,* I am thinking the horrible bloodshed' will have been in vain. ' The correspondent- asked : -Does England -want peace? pount Apponyi: There are peace pari ties in all countries. I admit there is a stifong war party in England and France. The correspondent: .'Can President Wilson do something: no\y to bring the belligerents together ? Count ."Apponyi : America'is the greatest neutral and must play an important part in international peace, but I don't think tTie physiological moment has arrived.' Roumania must first be punished for treason, ' ~ '
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Nelson Evening Mail, 16 November 1916, Page 5
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