THE PEACE ISSUES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3188, 12 September 1917, Page 7

THE PEACE ISSUES

AN AMBIGUOUS PHRASE "NO ANNEXATIONS-NO INDEMNITIES" DOMINIONS' POINT OF VIEW IGNORED London, September 10. Ail InteivAllied Trade Union Confarence has opened in London. Tho management committee's statement said tliufc the formula "no indemnities and no annexations " needed explanation before, it could be seriously discussed. It ignores the point of view of the British selfgoverning dominions, and its adoption / would antagonise the dominions. All' Germany's friends are aware of'this factIf Britain and the dominions were involved in conflict over it, it •would be a. German diplomatio triumph.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aran. THE LATEST JEAffi " FEELER" SUPPOSED GERMAN TERMS. - Washington, September 10. A report which has been circulated among diplomats, purporting to contain the German peacs terms, is attracting' considerable interest. The terms include the restoration of Belgium, Northern. France, Serbia, and Rumania, to be paid for by the sale of the German colonies by Britain to Germany. Alsace and Lorraine are to be independent States. Disarmament and : international police, the freedom of the eeiw, with Britain controlling the English Channel until the Dover-Calais tunnol is constructed, are \ other clauses. The report is regarded as a feeler—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TEE DEMOraATISATION' OF GERMANY

GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER ON j PRESIDENTS NOTE. ! New York, September 10./ i The United Press Agency publishes an . i interview given at Berlin by Herr ; j Scheidemann (Socialist), who said: "President Wilson can bring an immediate peace if he acts in support of his words. Further bloodshed is ■unnecessary if America accepts Germany's assurance that she Trill democratise hereelf within ' a generation." The interview is interpreted to mean that Soheidemann is still ; the tool of the militarist Jimißrs. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ■. . ! KAISER BREAKS WITH HERR BAIIIN | A SENSATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT. ,"j London, September 10. ' j The "Daily Express" Amsterdam cor- j respondent says the Kaiser has dismi©^ his Shipping Adviser, Herr Albert Bal- j lin, for declaring ■ that the Government j followed the Kaiser into bankruptcy and j ruin. The announcement has caused a j sensation in Germany. Although Herr j Ballin alone is able to reorganise 'ho • shipping, he intends residing abroad.— 1 Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn. - ! RUSSIA AND THE STOCKHOLM i . CONFERENCE | NO DELEGATES AyiLL BE SENT. Petrograii, September 10. . | The Workers' aid Soldiers' Council i is not sending delegates io Stockholm,'as | the other Allies will not be represented. I —Aus.-N.Z. Cable'Assn. \ I IN THE BALKANS ! i f GERMANS ADMIT A' RETREAT. : , 1 London, September 10. ! A German official report states: "Our advance guards retreated before the I French north-west of Lake Malik (in. ; Albania, south of Lake Ochrida)."—Aus.- i i A.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. NEW GREEK KING DECIiARES HIS i ATTITUDE. J Athens, September 10. ! . King Alexander, receiving the reply of - j the Greek Chamber of Deputies to the . ■ j Speech from the Throne, described hiifl- - ,| self as the faithful guardian of the Con- j stitution and the national traditions of Greece, and a sincere collaborator in all , j decisions tending to the realisation cf ; the national aims.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j AN ALLIED ADVANCE. j (Rec. September 1L 9.5 p.m.) ] London, September 11. j A French Eastern communique states: "The enemy violently bombarded the . j Russian positions between Lakes Presbe. i and Malick. West of these positions our '• i detachments crossed the Devoli and took j prisoners. We advanced northwards and . ! occupied the villages of Gradista, Buba- s j Monaatir, Lueor, and Gribai."—Aps.-N.Z. 3 Cable Assn.-Reuter. w 5