PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1915, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

GERMAN "FEELERS." < A STALE TRICK. PRO-GERMAN JOURNAL'S ARTICLE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received August 11, 7.20 p.m. London, August 10. Apparently Germany thinks that her "peace feelers'' will make neutrals think that the Allies are responsible for the continuance of the war. The Times' correspondent in Holland telegraphs extracts from the Niene Rotterdamsche Courant, a pro-German Dutch journal, which sug gests that the time for peace negotiations has arrived. The article is obviously of German origin, because it attributes the war to Sir Edward Grey, who thrust aside Germany's friendly hand. The paper says: "There is no prospect of decisive results either West or East, end we think Britain, whose army ami fleet are unbeaten, will ultimately listen to the voice of reason. There is not a single reason why the war should be unduly prolonged, and the chances of exhausting the enemy are small." The correspondent says that the article has attracted much attention in Holland, and is causing amusement in those quarters that are acquainted with German press methods. The Times denounces the 'peaee-feei-ers" as a stale German trick, foreseen and foretold whenever the enemy entered Warsaw. America and other neutrals know too well what is at stake to mistake the Allies' attitude. Peace counsels tendered the Allies from any quarter sviH certainly meet with a most decided rebuff. NOT TO BE TRUSTED. NEW YORK WORLD ON THE KAISER. Received August 11, S.o p.m. New Ydrk, August IT. The World, commenting on the peace overtures, says: —"Who will trust the Kaiser since the invasion of Belgium? Germany 13 bankrupt in international faith and morah, and must remain bankrupt for years. The 'scrap of paper' episode cannot be lived down in one generation."