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ALLIES EXCHANGING VIEWS ON AUSTRIA; BELIEVED TO HAVE A BEARING ON PEACE; CZERNIN MAY EXERT PRESSURE ON BERLIN; LINKS WITH MICHAELIS TRIP German Chancellor's ConSultations With EmperorCharles Opportune.ITALY HAS SPECIAL CLAIMWill Oppose Separate Peacewith Vienna as SacrificingHer Interests.CECIL GIVES AN OPENINGSpeech in House of Commons Interpreted as Showing Consideration for Austria. WIDER AUSTRIAN AMNESTY. Pope Is Said to Have Inspired Step About to be Taken. WANTS ALSACE AUTONOMOUS. Reichstag Member Recounts Grievances of Its People.
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$0.06
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$0.15
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$3,600
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$950
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