The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28, 1913. AMERICAN VIEWS OF PEACE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 April 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28, 1913. AMERICAN VIEWS OF PEACE.

Yesterday we made some references to the desirableness of peace with hoii'jur. In tl 10 course oi' our article we referred to tlio widespread conviction amongst open-minded people that something must be done ere long to prevent a gigantic accumulation of financial indebtenesss that may hamper the world's progress for a century or more. In confirmation of this statement, we reprint from the London Times of February 20 a special message sent from Washington. U.S.A. This records the fact that before 'tlie New York Peace'iSociety Mr .Jacob Seliiff prophesied an end of the war Oetore autumn. He said that "while he did not expect the relative position of the belligerents would be much changed by then, he believed the nations would be unwilling to continue to bear the economic strain of the war. He gave the opinion that Germany would not accept the United States as mediator because American ' public opinion "was- not sufficiently neutral. Commenting upon the statements foregoing, the Times' representative sayfi that Mr. Sehiff's remarks are worthy of notice, inasmuch as they crystallize the'steady effort of the Germans to popularise a theory drawn, over here, from the war: a theory to which, it is noticeable, many Americans are beginning {o lend a not unsympathetic oar on the ground that the deadlock is hopele.s*.