ENEMY LEADERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 283, 19 August 1918, Page 5

ENEMY LEADERS

i MEET TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION ■ LOOKING, FOR A PATH TO PEACE i < Amsterdam, August 16. A telegram, apparently inspired, appears in all the German newspapers, stating that tho Kaiser and the Emperor Karl, in -.conference, discussed all tho political events in Entente countries which might create a.prospect of opening a path to peace. ■ ' Somo critics i regard von Hinize's sur--1 vey of peace talk as the prelude to an j Imperial announcement.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable 1 i Assn. AUSTRIA WILL~SEND~TRQOPS WEST PROVIDED GERMANY MAKES* A MORE MODEST PEACE OFFER. (Rec. August 18, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 17. It is expected that the decisions of the Kaiser and the Emperor Karl at their conference will bo announced in tho Reichstag in, a few days. Reports are current that Austria has . agreed to send troope to the West front on condition that Germany makes a fresh and more modest peace offer, and also concedes certain Austrian demands relative to Poland.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn, "COMPLETE AGREEMENT MANIFESTED." (Reo. August 18, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, August 17. A Berlin official message declares that tho conference of tho Austrian and German Emperors, statesmen, and generals at German Headquarters manifested complete agreement on political and military tasks, and an identical interpretation of tho Alliance. ' The "Frankfurter Zeitnng" says that as a result of the conferences Polish problems aro considerably nearer solution. It is helieved that an Austrian nrchduko ivill bo elected to tho throne of Poland—Reuter. . i ■ ' I PEACE DISCUSSIONS FUTILE ALLIES MUST FORCE ACCEPTANCE j OF THEIR TERMS. . . ; Paris, August 18. j General Humbert, in an interview, | said: "Wo aro now able to foresee, how tho war will end, but it js moro essential than ever, that the Allies should forco the acceptance of their 6Vn terms." It would be utterly futile to discuss peaco feelers. Frenchmen were unanimous in this attitude, after their bitter experience of Germany's appalling arrogance, ruthlessnoss, and lust for conquest.—"The Times." |