AN AUSTRIAN PEACE FEELER
PREDESTINED TO FILL THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR WITH BRITAIN. (Reuter's Telegrams.) Received Julv 22, 7.30 n.m. AMSTERDAM, July 21. Count Czernin, in a speech in the Austrian Upper House, declared that Austria had no direct friction with Britain. Austria was, he said, less unpopular, weaker, less dangerous and more moderate in her demands than Germany, and was firmly free from annexationist desires. Thus she was absolutely predestined to fill the role of mediator, but this was only possible provided she secured full confidence in Berlin. Count Czernin said he hoped tint Germany's war aims would remain purely defensive, it was mere presumption that the terrible war was being prolonged for foreign States' annexationist aims, which would endanger the alliance.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13817, 23 July 1918, Page 5
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