MORE PEACE OFFER RUMOURS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3053, 14 April 1917, Page 9

MORE PEACE OFFER RUMOURS

AUSTRIA SAID TO BE PRESSING , FOR SETTLEMENT OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION LACKING New York, April 12. A' message frorn Rome states that 'Austria is pressing for peace, according to reports from the. Vatican. A" message from Copenhagen states that Germany is Relieved to he ahout to make overtures to _ the United States for- peace negotiations.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. A CIRCUMSTANTIAL RUMOUR. Vancouver, April 12.' A message from Copenhagen states that reports are current that the German Foreign Office is making overtures to the United States to enter peace negotations. Mr. Lansing (Secretary of State) is already •understood' to have received ' proffers through 'unofficial mediators.', The German terms are not specified, hut it is believed,. however, that they do not. materially differ from those outlined in December.—Ajis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • NOTffING OFFICIALLY KNOWN Washington, Iprit 12. _ ■ No -statement regarding. . peace is forthcoming. The official attitude is that everything will depend on the?' nature of the concessions Germany is prepared to make. Nothing, official or unofficial, is kho.wn here in regard, to German peace overtures. The feeling is. expressed that the United States will he opposed to<a'separate peace. Colonel House (who was President; Wilson's special representative -in Europe in 1915) also denies that he is involved in the overtures.—Aus.-N.Z; Cable .Assn. . • SECRET MEETINGS OF RUSSO-GERMAN SOCIALISTS SOME MORE KITE-FLYING. (Rec. April 13, 10.15 p.m.) London, April 12. Herr Scheidmann and other German Socialists have gone to Stockholm to get in touch with the Russian Socialists. Secret meetings of German-Rus-sian Socialists have already been held. Copenhagen, April 13. The Danish papers publish alleged German peace proposals, which include the annexation of portions of Western Russia and the neutralisation of the Dardanelles'under a Turkish protectorate, but these are regarded as mere kite-flying.—Renter. , LEAGUE OF PEAcIaFTER THENAR VISCOUNT BRYCE'S SCHEME London, April 12. Viscount. Bryce, 'formerly British Ambassador-in Washington, in the "Manchester Guardian" has unfolded a scheme for a League of Nations to prevent war. The scheme was drawn up two years ago, and is bolder than the American plan advocated by ex-Presi-dent Taft and approved by President Wilson. . ' ■ Tho English scheme suggests the creatum of a judicial tribunal and a conciliation tribunal, to which disputes shall bo submitted, the latter dealing with questions unsuitable for logal handling. The scheme contemplates, although it does not definitely enjoin, tho use of common force to carry its decisions into effect. Viscount Bryce, in a prefatory note, hopos that the sohemo may. pave the way after the-war for discussion on how to deter aggressive Governments from war or to make war less probable. The signatories would bo required not to declare war or prepare for hostilities until a definite period after the tribunal makes its award, otherwise the league would collectively act against.tho ag-gressor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,