THE PEACE INTRIGUES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3178, 31 August 1917, Page 5

THE PEACE INTRIGUES

COMMENT ON THE PRESIDENT'S j REPLY | ANOTHER GERMAN OFFER T»' j ■ RUSSIA. j Ottawa, August 29. 1 The Canadian Tress, commenting on' j President Wilson's reply, to .the Pope, ; says: President Wilson .has ''effectively,. j answered bis own "Poaco Without Vic- ; tory" Note.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu.' J NEff GERMAN PEACE OFFER TO ■ I RUSSIA : CHANCELLOR ASKED TO EXPLAIN. - j Amsterdam, August 29. j The "Vorwaerts" ciuotcs M. .Keiensky : as saying that -Russia a fen- days ago' j rejected a fresh! peaco offer from Germany, and asks -Dr. Michaelis for a i prompt explanation, 'l'ho "Vorwaerts" • amis: ''Germany wants a general peace. ; 'i.uo Reichstag resolution was marred by secret peaco otters, the refusal of wliicli 1 were a moral defeat for Germany."—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn. ONE WAY OF FORCING PEACE THREATEN GERMANY WITH LONGCOMMERCIAL BOYCOTT. Geneva. August 29. . German Republican circles in Switzerland urge the Entente to threaten Germany with a commercial boycott extending: over five, ten, or twenty years. ' Sucli an ultimatum, they declare, would suffice to bring the War Lords to reason, and. they would soon be convinced that thoj ■ iintente means business.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo' Issn. , GERMANY'S LOST COLONIES ' AGITATION FOR RECOVERY. Amsterdam, August 29. Herr Ballin (the shipping magnate), in' important articles published in tho "Hamburger Prcdemblaftr' insists on the absolute necessity for recovering the German colonies intact, <ind also the rounding-off of those in and considerably increasing the PacificHerr Ballin points out that the Klttel Europa. schemes are inadequate to jirovido CEe raw materials which are vital to Germany's industries. The countries producing ootton, coffee, jute, rubber, and other products must be under German control, otherwise tfte Empire will 1 ) be under the heel of England and the' United States. . ■ Admiral von Crapoti (?) also insists onthe necessity for tropical _ possessions, and the securing of portions of the Belgian Congo. During the peace negotiations the German delegates must continually ask whether the colonies will bs able to supply the necessary raw material, and will be thickly populated jenough to supply German planters and) exploiters with the necessary labour. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Sssn. , (Rec. August 30, 8 p.m.) London, August 29. Admiral von Grapon adds that coaling Btations and marine bases must also bo secured. Their possessions in the South Seas must not only be restored, but several other groups secured in. view of future entanglements with Japan Mid the United States. Some permanent fleet of fast cruisers must be based in the South Seas, and the headquarters .of the fleet protected by'powerful fortifications.' — •A-US.-N.Z. Cable Assn.