Count Andrassy, the new Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary,
plied last Sunday to President Wilson's Note which placed the fate of the Hapsburg Monarchy in the hands of the Bohemians and the Southern Slave. Count Andrassy accepted the President's point of view in regard to the rights of those peoples and the other races in Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, having agreed to all the President's conditions, begged him to enter into negotiations for peace and for an immediate armistice, " without awaiting the result of other negotiations." That is to say, the Austro-Hungarian Government formally severed itself from Germany and implored a separate peace. It is clear that Austria-Hungary, as we have known it, will not be in existence when peace negotiations are
begin. Count Andrassy has reinforced his Note by telegraph'o appeals to Mr. Lansing and to the Allies to atop the war. Count Andraasy's impatience is natural. We may add here that as we go to press on Thursday afternoon the excellent though not unexpected news arrives that Turkey has surrendered uncondiConally.
