"NEARER PEACE"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2931, 17 November 1916, Page 5

"NEARER PEACE"

HUNGARIAN POLITICAL LEADER INTERVIEWED Australifijj-Nciv Zealand Cable Association. Budapest, November 15. Count Albert Apponyi (a leader of the Hungarian Opposition), interviewed by a Berlin Press correspondent, said:—"We are getting near peace. I am sure it is on the way. We do not mean tnat it will come next week or next month, but the foundations are being laid. The speeches of Viscount Grey and Herr Bethmann-Hollweg sliow that the two chief' belligerents arc getting closer. Although still wide apart, they arc approaching common ground. And why not? This common ground is the desire of all nations to have an international agreement which will ensure the Tvorld's peace in the future. If such a guarantee can be arranged, we do not think the horrible bloodshed will have been in vain." ' The correspondent asked: "Dobs England want peace?" Cmmt Apponyi: "There are peace parties in all countries. I admit there is a strong -war party in England and France." The correspondent: "Can President Wilson do something now to bring the bcuigerents together?" , / Count Apponyi: "America is tho greatest neutral, and must play an important part in international peace, but I dp not think the psychological momcnt has arrived. Rumania must' first be punished for her treason." )