PART SIX

XXVIII. THE AUSTRIAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP IS FORMED 325

Return. Skeptical reception of my reports. Resumption of our literary labors. Pandolfi suggests enlisting recruits in the Austrian parliament for the conference at Rome. Correspondence with members: Baron Kübeck, Pernerstorfer, Dr. Jaques, Dr. Exner. The group is formed, Baron Pirquet turning the scale.

XXIX. FOUNDING OF THE AUSTRIAN PEACE SOCIETY 335

Appeal in the _Neue Freie Presse_. Response from the public. Adhesions and contributions of money. Prosper von Piette sends a thousand florins. Dr. Kunwald. Preliminary meeting. Joining the International League. Circular for the formation of a national union. Letter from the Duke of Oldenburg. Permanent organization. Voices from members of the world’s intellectual aristocracy.

XXX. UNION FOR RESISTANCE TO ANTI-SEMITISM 348

A. G. von Suttner, Count Hoyos, Baron Leitenberger, and Professor Nothnagel found the Union. Article in the _Neue Freie Presse_.

XXXI. THE CONGRESS IN ROME 356

Frame of mind. Life together in the Hotel Quirinal. General Türr and his career. Little revolution against Bonghi. Alsace-Lorraine. The Grelix couple. Baron Pirquet. Opening festival on the Capitol. Ruggero Bonghi as chairman. Weighty words. Founding of the Bern Central Bureau. Echoes. The monthly _Die Waffen nieder_ is launched. A. H. Fried. “The Important Thing.”