ADDRESS ON AUSTRIA AND WAR

The Honorable Albert Halstead, former Consul-General from the United States to Austria, is to speak before the Law and Graduate students of the University in Phillips Brooks House tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. He comes to the University with full authority from the State Department to speak on the subject: "Austria and the War." When first asked by a committee representing the Graduate School Society and the Law School Society to give an address on this subject, Mr. Halstead hesitated to accept on account of the delicate situation in which he is placed, since there is no actual state of war between the United States and Austria. He referred the committee to Secretary of State Lansing and the latter gave his consent to Mr. Halstead.

Mr. Halstead is exceptionally well qualified to talk on a subject connected with Austria because of his experiences during the last three years in the consulate at Vienna. When the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Austria-Hungary last spring, Mr. Halstead left Vienna on the special train which carried Ambassador Penfield and the rest of the American officials from that country. Since his return to the United States he has been connected with the State Department in Government work.

Three years ago Mr. Halstead was appointed consul-general to Austria-Hungary. He has had excellent opportunities for observing the effects of the war in Austria during his term of service there. It is understood that one of the topics which he will consider in his address is the question as to whether the United States will be drawn into a state of actual warfare with Austria, and the possible effect of the present Italian situation on such a move. At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Halstead will answer any questions which may come up.