THE PEACE ISSUE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2786, 2 June 1916, Page 5

THE PEACE ISSUE

DEBATE IN THE COMMONS

MR. ASQUITH REPLIES TO DIRECT QUESTIONS

A DEBATABLE POINT

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Loniioh, May 31. Jn tho Kouso of Commons, Sir A. 11. Marktutm (Liberal) naked, in view of Herr von declaration, tluit Germany was ready to make peace; and blaming the Allies for withholding peace, whether the Allies would inform Uermany, through a neutral country, of tho definite terms upon which they wero willing to make pence, provided Germany acted similarly. Mr. Asquith (tho Prime Minister), in reply, said that there was nothing in Herr von Betlimann-Holhveg's statement which, indicated that Germany was pre» pared to consider terina safeguarding tho interests of the Allies and the fuhjro peace of Europe. Ho had nothing to add to Sir Edward Grey's recent speech in the House of Commons.

Sir A. B. iilarklmin: Whafc end will Iw gained lit. Dot niforrnine Uerraimy of what our actual terms of pence viirbe. Mr. Apquith: Ths question is debatable. I cnrniot usefully add to" what I have .already said.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S ATTACK ON BRITISH POLICY FOREIGN OFFICE REJOINDER. ("Times" and Sydney "Sup'' Services.) London. May 31. A. Foreign Office statement repudiates IfefP voil Bethmann-HoLVeg's 'charges regarding British policy iu tho Bosniancrisis, ns being based apparently on ujitrue hearsay and malicious gossip. Wai in 1908 was averted because Russia ivas. reluctant to press the Serbian Territorial claims against Austria to the point of a European war, and Ui'itnm concurred. Had Germauy taken a' corresponding view in l!)ll when the Austrian demands on Serbia wcro pressed to the point of extinguishing Serbian independence, war. conld havo beqii averted. [The Gorman Chancellor, interviewed by Carl Wiegand, of the "New York World" on May 23, said: "Germany averted war in the Bosnian crisis, and Britain showed displeasure to Petrojjrad at Germany's _ actioii. Bir Edward Grey declared he believed that British public opinion would have approved a war by Britain on Russia's side. Sir Edward Grey retorted that Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg's definition of Britain's attitude on tho Bosnian difficulty was a first-class lie. It was impossible 'to resort to reason while tho German people were fed up with lies.") WILL ONLY LISTEN TO A BEATEN FOE ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) . London, May 30. Tho "Times," in a leading article on President Wilson's speech, protests againsi tho idea that President Wilson or anybody else, is likely to be invited to initiate peace without reference to the oauscs and the objects of the war. The "Times" declines to " identify the Allied cause with the German cause, and says: "Peace pro, posals nre only possible from a beaten foe." HYPHENATED AMERICANS "T.K." ON MORAL TREASONMONGERS. St. Louis, May 31. Mr. Roosevelt, speaking at a meeting of his ''Preparedness Campaign," denounced hyphenated Ameriojms as moral treasonmongej'B. Mr. Ronsovnlt denied that lie was an English-American. He was unalterably opposed to an EnglishAmerican alliance as to a German American alliance. The United States must not become a polyglot boardinghouse. AMERICA'S WAR ATTITUDE INDICTMENT BY AN AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, June 1. A prominent business man who lias returned from America makes a scathing indictment of America's war attitude,Ho says America is only concerned in tho money made out of the war. There are a large number of firms whose bhsiness integrit/ is unknown. In some cases their conduct is so opposed to the standard of morality of British business that the Munitions Committee in Britain has prohibited the landing of their products.