SOCIALISES WANT PEACE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 193, 24 April 1915, Page 5

SOCIALISES WANT PEACE

LONDON April r J>., A. Hague message says that the i «M»Btau Socialists ar* making earnest #if arta to obtain a basis for the <&2*».tion of the war. > Dr. Breiaiseheldt, one of the is visiting Holland and consulting $«- ; cialißta with a view to getting Ja - touch with th« British and Fren«h" S«eialists aid inducing them to })})#s pressure to bear in the same (lir^cftijljfc Tha German Socialists muuiina,<j.jjsy favour peace without the of territory. At a private meeting of the party in Germany the discussion was of peace. The general view is tilatTAV sace-Lorraine shonld not belong e'lii** to France or Germany, but be aufenobiouß. The argument.is used that if Franee possessed the district, ranking vengeance would possess a large jj&*{ of the population. It is also reported that the Basf Prussian landowners are trying ,t<. treat for peace with Kussia, owing |l. the fear of their properties suffering. Garmaa Socialists believe that a r |«il" able peace is probable upon a arrangement ©f terms by Germany^j&itfc France and Great Britain for nation of Belgium. In referen«e«»o the Dardanelles it is not ible to internationalise and neutj;aJß»» the straits. It is not considered possible to starve Germany. The belief is expressed that the war will notion- . tinue much longer, owing to the disajsL troun effects on the economic condition of tke countries engaged. Jk *■

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WHERE IT COMES AND GQEJI. NEW YORK. April Customs returns show that (*e|Maß imports in March were compared with £2,929,000 in 1914. yrd.y ' £3131 worth was exported to Gerrifony direct, but the: expert's to Dentfl£r.k and Sweden in Mareli nearly dqu£l«£ those of February. Holland sliowedi.a fifty per cent, increase in imgptts from Great Britain, only £60,000 lesf than in March, 1914. YPRES AGAIN BOMBARDED. AMSTERDAM, April 2& Enraged at the British successes to th© south of Ypres, the Germans Bombarded the town on Wednesday night. Considerable damage was done and a number of persons were killed anil wounded. RUSSIANS REPULSE AUSTRIAN^ *. PETROGRAD, April 23. ; OfSeial: Austrian night attacks at Telepoteh were repulsed. The JtoiHsians, eonnter-attaeking with the lyonet, drove back the enemy with loßsee. , GERMAN ATROCITIES. > ",,.. MELBOURNE, April 23. Replying to requests for-information regarding certain German Mr. Fisher states that the Government hag no evidence beyond that contained in the reports of The Belgian Commission, .which discloses no deliberate practising of amputations on Belgian children. Sir George Reid. advises that the committee has no evidence of the mutilation of* Belgian males by fcha dov- : mans. ■ '?:*> v. NEW SEALANBER KILLED. LONDON, April 'M. Corporal Maurice •Ballinsen, a New Zealander, has been killed in 'Franee. AS AN AMERICAN-SAW BERLIN. '■ "EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY." LONDON, April 23. An American journalist who has xe-~ ••' : turned from Germany says" food is : plentiful, and Berlin was never 'more ' tranquil or gay. Upon the surface there is no war. Plainly the purpose of the Government is that this condition, shall continue. The peoplesee husky young chaps keeping the railroads at the highest standard of efficiency, and strong young men are felling trees in the foresst. There are esough of such men to carry on 60 per cent, of Germany's ordinary trade with the adjoining neutral countries, which Germany is doing. He saw. the Kaiser twice, erect in his seat, eyes straight ahead, hands resting with a firm grip on his sword, grey hair beneath his helmet, but no white hair, and in his face none of tie pallor of a man bearing overwhelming - responsibility. Germany believes she is fighting a war thrust upon her to exterminate her and that it is not a war of the Kaiser's making. PERSIANS AND TURKS. POURPARLERS PROCEEDING. (Reed 5.85 a.m.) PETROGRAD, April 23. Persians at Kermanshah, are retiring before the Twits., who are advancing tcwavd s Hamadan. The Pevchlu Cabinet is ppurparleying wi'li tJie Turkish Ambassndor.boping ii -. troous will be recalled;