AUSTRIAN PEACE ATTITUDE
EMPEROR'S ADMISSIONS. PRODUCTION OF LETTER. ';;. PERSONAL DENIAL , MADE. , A. : and N.2. ,v.r,,;. PABIB, April W. % An official report states that the Em-, peror Carl's Alsace-Lorraine letter was communicated by Princo Sixtie of Bourbon} the Emperor's brother-in-law, to M. Poincare on March 31, 1917. The Emperor Carl heads the , manifesto rin a■< precise manner: , "It is '■ in reality my sentiments.' I beg yon to transmit it i secretly and unofficially to ■M. Poincare, that I ' would support, by all means, using "all personal 'influence- with my allies, the just i claims of : France; relative" T t6/< Alsace-Lorraine. Belgium should be re-established in I sovereignty, keeping her African possessions." I I /;„;: ' t : VIENNA, April 12. •The Emperor Carl has: telegraphed to the ' Kaiser * indignantly j denying that he recognised France had ' a just claim to the return' of Alsace-Lorraine.;'. ''' ' -' '.';.'' AMSTERDAM, April 12. *l Count Czernin's sudden return to Vienna and/ Dr.' von Kuhlmarin's postponement of his journey to Bucharest are duo to M. Cleraenceau's revelations. ■ ,• I ,: : , --'h' WASHINGTON, April 12. : " The Department of: State has rib knowledge of the Berlin Tageblatt's 'story that peace, negotiations between the United States and Austria are in progress.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16824, 15 April 1918, Page 6
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