PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1915, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

FRANCE'S TERMS. SURE QF HER ALLIES. Paris, August 5. M. Poiueare sent a message to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies on the anniversary of the war. lie emphasised the great current of national fraternity which had swept all disputes and differences aside. Masters ami workmen, rich and poor, were united to face the enemy; France was confident and calm. He declared the only peace the Republic would accept was one that guaranteed the safety of Europe, reconstituted France's dismembered country, and protected her effectively against an offensive return of Germanic ambition. Franca wanted to win and she would win. France was sure of her allies and they were sure of France.

THE POPE'S APPEAL. GERMANY'S REPLY. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, August ">. • The Cologne Gazette, commenting on the Pope's appeal for peace, says that Germany will bring about an honorable peace by gripping the sword tighter and delivering fresh and more effective blows. This is the only hope of peace. No matter in what direction the Pope looks, Petrograd, London, Paris, or Rome, he will hear the cry "No!" i GRAND CONSISTORY PROBABLE. , Berne, August u. Newspapers say that the Pope will convoke at the end of September a Grand Consistory to make a fresh attempt at peace,