PEACE MOVEMENT.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 March 1918, Page 5

PEACE MOVEMENT.

- ' BULGARIA'S OVERTURES.

AMERICA’S GOOD 'OFFICES SOLICITED.

Received 8.40. NEW YORK, March 14

The “World’s” Washington corrc spondent reports that advices from Switzerland state the Bulgarian Agent has sounded the United States CMrge d’Affairs at Berne with a view of enlisting America’s influence in the interests of peace. The Agent attempted to ensure the most favourable terms for Bulgaria. The despatch describes his terms as monstrous, hypicritical and contemptible.

IS IT PEACE?

A SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE

LONDON, March 13

Sir Compton Eickett, addressing the Free Church Conference, said the Premier at present needed the nation ? s undivided support. Decisions of the utmost gravity,, affecting the whole future life of the Empire, will be 'taken within the next week, even within the next few days. He was not speaking of any immediate or catastrophic danger, but of sofmething which must, be faced. The decisions between the Entente and the enemy was hanging in the balance, and solution might come more rapidly than we thought. It is noteworthy that Sir Compton Eichett had just come- from conversing with Mr. Lloyd George. LEAGUE OF NATIONS, SPEECH BY ME. LLOYD GEORGE. LONDON, March 13. Mr, Lloyd George, speaking at the Free Church Conference at the City Temple, replied to criticisms contained in some speeches, notably, the charge that the Government had not attached sufficient importance to the League of Nations. The. Premier declared that the League would not be obtained by 'calling for it. The Bolshevenke thought it could, and allowed' the anm.y to become disorganised, with the result that they.'‘had lost half their own nation. There was "no warmer advocate of the League of Nations than the Kaiser, but his idea was a league headed by Germany. Unless the Allies war aims were realised Leagues of Nations' would be shams, but if the Allies’' ideals were realised a League would be an established fact. The Premier deprecated harassing criticisms of the Government and asked for fair play.

AN EMPHATIC DENIAL

Received 10 a.m.

LONDON, March 14,

The Press Bureau reports that the Servian Legation emphatically denies the rumours ‘circulated by Germany of peace yourparlers between Sorvia and her enemies.

WHAT GERMANY MIGHT OFFER BUT WANTS RUSSIA. Received 10.30. LONDON, March 14. Mr_ Henderson, speaking at the Women’s Suffrage celebrations in the Queen’s Hall, said the nation had reached the critical (.stage, fft was possible von Buolow, on behalf of the Central Powers, would, say: “We are prepared to recognise the statins quo (make considerable conccspionfs a<s to Alsace-Lorraine, adjust differences as to the colonics, but we must be entirely free'to deal with Russia.” Such a cynical peace would contain the seeds of future war_ We must stand as flint against deserting Russia; we imust have peace consistent with the ideas where for we entered the war. The British Weekly reports that Germany contemplates tempting Prance by offering to guarantee large French loans to Russia, and thus appeal to so-called avarice of the French peasants. The British Weekly adds Francs will repudiate the offer with .scorn.