POPE'S PEACE NOTE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3172, 24 August 1917, Page 5

POPE'S PEACE NOTE

JOINT 11EPLY BY THE ALLIES • \ REJECTION FORECASTED ' Rome, August 22. '• 'i It is belioved that Britain will send rt' joint reply to the Papal Note after conferring with Uio Allies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable '! Assn. i New York, August 22. , j The New Tort "Times" correspondent I j at Washington 6ays it is believed tliat the | : Pope's peace proposals will be rejected; j by all the Allies, who believe the time is-; j not ripe to accept mediation. The En- j j tente will reply courteously, stating its |. ■ 1 reasons for declining the proposals. Pre- j '] sident Wilson is ureparing a separate \ \ NoteJ—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' I GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON THE PEACE 1 OUTLOOK "THEY WANT TO ANNIHILATE US," \ Amsterdam, August .22. ..•. 1 Dr. Michaclis (Imperial Chancellor),in: j addressing the Reichstag Main Commit- ' tee, said that "no desire for peace with.' 1 ' ■ j the enemy existed. The enem/sTor aims ! j proved theis desire, to annihilate us, . I therefore one could not think of peace. | , i This should be stated in view of -the; Pope's Note." He had not yet had .time ! with Germany's Allies, to deliberate on.; I the Note, but there was not any doubt! ■ i of the Pope's honesty, and therefore he j ■ • greeted the Note sympathetically.—Aus.- ■.. | N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA FAVOURS COMPLETE '. ; ACCEPTANCE. (Rec. August 23, 11.5 p.m.) ', '; Berne, August 23. \. It is reported'that Austria favours the -j complete acceptance of the Papal Note, i' Germany its conditional acceptance.. 1 '.._• , ' Bulgaria is demanding that Austria ' i and Germany shall consent to her an- . ; negation of occupied territory.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. '-, . ' ' j THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE ; BRITISH LABOUR REPRESENTATION. London, August 22. I The Labour Conference has crushing!? defeated the Executive's allocation proposals in regard to representation at Stockholm, svhich inoluded special re-. presentation of Independent Labourites; and other minor- bodies. The conference decided that the party's delegation shall number twenty-four.—Reuter. PACIFISTS SHUTOUT. London, Angust 22. ; The conference's refusal to include delegates exclusively representing Independent Labourites, British Socialists, and Fabians, has practically excluded the pacifists from Stockholm. The conference insisted that the representatives should not B° to Stockholm in the company of emissaries! excrosivel;? chosen by Socialist societies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • BRITISH SEAMEN DECLARE GERMAN BOYCOTT London, August 22. The Seamen's Conference has decided to hold an International Conference at Copenhagen, excluding German delegates. . The conference has also agreed to have nothing to do with German seamen after the war.—"The Times." . ; . WORKMEN'S AND SOLDIERS' COUNCILS . IN ENGLAND MEETING OF DELEGATES FORBIDDEN, i London, August 22. • ' ' The Homo Office has forbidden a meeting of delegates at Leeds in connection ■ with the .Workmen's and Soldiers' Coun- • cils.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu.