PEACE TALK

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 46, 17 November 1917, Page 7

PEACE TALK

BRAZIL REPLIES TO THE POPE'S i PROPOSAL j MAINTENANCE OF RIGHTS OP '! NATIONS .j Rio do Janeiro, November 15. \ The Brazilian Government, replying to the Pope's peace proposal, maintains the \ rights of all nations on the basis of jus- J tico and equity. Germany's activities • j compelled Brazil to enter the war to de- ; fond her fundamental rights.—Aus.-N.Z.' i Cable Assn. ; PACIFISTS IN LONDON :: ! ORGANISATIONS' OFFICES RAIDED, j London, November 15. Detectives raided the offices of four j pacifist organisations in London. It ; required a van to remove the correspond- ' : ence and samples of propaganda to Scot- ; land Yard.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE PREMATURE PEACE PROPAGANDA ; efforts"to~stop IT. j (ltec. November IG, 7.50 p.m.) , ; London, November 15. In the House of Commons, Sir George i Cave (Secretary of State 'for Home Af- ; fairs) stated in connection-with the pro* i pallida in favour of n premature pence ' ' that the Government had seized many ; thousands of leaflets, but it was difficult : to ascertain I heir authorship, hence the taking of ndd'tionnl powers whereby every leaflet must be signed and sub-.' j luitted to tli < ! Press Bureau for approval,. 1 —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • • AUSTRALIAOESOLUTIONS ' < "SPLIT UP THE GERMAN FEDERAL' i STATES." 1 Brisbane, November IS. , The: Chamber of Commerce at Towns- j villc lias asked all Queensland chambers ; to pass certain peace resolutions and forward them to London through the Assov ' ; cinted Chambers of Australia. The'pro-: j posals includo suggestions in favour of the eitension of the boundaries of France ' lo the Rhine, the,surrender of the German Fleet intact, 'replacinp every Allied ship sunk, and the splitting up of the federal German States.—Press kasn. ■