File No. 763.72119/2480
The Swedish Minister ( Ekengren) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 31.]
Excellency: At the request of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government I have been ordered to transmit to Your Excellency the following communication:
Mr. Secretary of State: Having taken charge of my office, I have immediately dispatched an official answer to your note of October 18 [19],1 by which you will find that we in all respects accept the principles which the President of the United States has expressed in his various declarations.
In full accord with Mr. Wilson’s efforts to prevent future wars, and to create a family of nations, we have already made preparations, in order that the peoples of Austria-Hungary may, entirely without hindrance, decide upon and complete their future organization according to their own wishes.
Since the accession of Emperor and King Karl, it has been His Majesty’s undaunted endeavor to bring, in every way, an end to the war.
More than ever before, this is today the wish of the Monarch and of all the peoples, who are dominated by the conviction that the future destiny of the peoples of Austria-Hungary can only be formed in a peaceful world free from the disturbances, the trials, the privations and the bitterness of war.
I, therefore, address to you directly, Mr. Secretary of State, an appeal that you use your good offices with the President of the United States to the end that, in the interest of humanity, as well as in the interest of all the peoples living in Austria-Hungary, the entering upon negotiations of peace and an immediate armistice on all the fronts of Austria-Hungary may be brought about. (Signed) Andrássy.
Accept [etc.].