Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — BREAK EXPECTED IN AUSTRIA [ARTICLE]

BREAK EXPECTED IN AUSTRIA

Eastern Empire May Sever Relations With Germany. The Austrian reichrat was thrown into an uproar Saturday when the former Czech minister, Herr Praschek, declared the hate of the entire world was not directed against Austria, but against Germany and that Austria should detach herself from her ally, says a Vienna dispatch. “How are we to obtain peace,” demanded Herr Praschek,. “if we cling to the German side? Must, we continue to sacrifice our interests to the expansion of Germany?, Must we continue to submit to the German militarism that has drawn us into this .war?” The speaker declared that Czech deputies had been imprisoned for attempting to bring about an alliance of Austria with Russia and France, and added that if they were to be stigmatized as traitors then all Czechs who believed similarly should be so stigmatized.