NEW GERMAN "PEACE OFFENSIVE"

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 194, 6 May 1918, Page 5

NEW GERMAN "PEACE OFFENSIVE"

NEUTRAL EMISSARIES BEING UTILISED (Rec. May S, 5.5 p.m.) ' I London, May i. [ A Central News correspondent states < that he is informed on unimpeachable ; authority that Germany has renewed the j "peace offensive," and is utilising neu- ' tral emissaries. A. Dutch financier has ■ arrived in England, and another neutral , is now en route. The formor has not i coucealixl iKe purpose r-f his mission. He ; interviewed a high intelligence officer, ; and sought to convince him that Ger- 1 many would never be expelled from Prance, and that the timewas ripe for ! peace by negotiation. This officer told ; I the missionary to inform Von Kuhlmann I | that' the Allies intended to win the war !by a military victory or by starving ; Germany of her raw materials. Tho ! Central News co-respondent adds:—"Yon ' Kulilmaun hopes to promote his peace oflonsive through the medium- of neutral; political idealists and international finan-. ciors;"—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TO DEVELOI' ITRIUXIMUM IN TWO , WEEKS. (Ecc. May 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 4. Lord Eobert Cecil (tinder-Secretary for ! Foreign Affairs), addressing American : correspondents, referred to Germany s , coming "peace offensive," which, he said, ■ would probably reach its full strength .m a fortnight, in order, to allay public dis-; appointment at the failure of the Ger-; man military ett'ort-Aus.-N.Z. Cable, Assn. BRITISH MISSION TO BRAZIL I Rio de Janeiro, May 3. A British Mission is • expected to arrive here shortly. It is headed by Sir, Maurice do Bunson.-Aus.-N.A (.able[Sir Maurice de Bunsen has had an, extensive diplomatio career, which began; in 1877. lie has held office in lokio.: Siam, Constantinople, Pans, Lisbon, and; Madrid; and in. 1913-14, up' till the outbreak of tho war, Was British Ambassa-; dor in Vienna.]