GERMAN PEACE TALK
SOCIALIST ON BEST GUARANTEE OF LASTING SETTLEMENT.
From a trustworthy source Renter’s Agency learned that Dr David, who is considered as the leading spirit of the . Social Democratic Party in the place of Herr Scheidemann, whose influence is rapidly waning, expressed Germany’s great desire for peace in a speech he recently made at Mainz. He blamed the activity of the panGermans, who, although the Reichstag majority voted for peace, continued to encourage people abroad who wanted •ho war to go on. “This,” he said, “must he changed. The hopes we based on our U-boats have been surpassed, but this fact has not made our enemies desirous of making peace. What we want,” he concluded, “is a free Germany, which is the beet guarantee of a lasting peace.” Reuter’s Agency learns from aa authoritative source that the coming winter is awaited with much apprehension in Germany on account of the shortage of coal. Already the available railway transport is insufficient to meet all demands, and, besides the fact that all machinery is mnch handle capped by this lack of fuel, any re-' pairs take a very long time to effect.'
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9789, 12 October 1917, Page 8
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192GERMAN PEACE TALK New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9789, 12 October 1917, Page 8
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