PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1917, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

THE ALLIES' NOTE. CONSIDERED TO BE STIVNTC Washington, .Tin 12. Si-mi-nfheiai opinion is to tli". effect. fh.it Hi'; Allies' Note is a strong stateunit of their ease and a diplomatic triumph, but that it will definitely close the door to peace for the present.' It is considered certain that the Note will not fail to strengthen neutral opinion in f.nor of the Allies.

Satisfaction is expressed bc.uusc it meets fully the request for i statement of the terms ot peace. The reference to the restoration of territories wivstcd in the ;.ast,is interpreted to include Al.sac.cLorrain.

Mr. Lansing regards the Note as favorable Air. Wilson is silent. The New York Times welcome., the friendly and frank tones of the Note. It m:r.rs Constantinople for Russia apd thv.' disappearance of the Turkish 'plague spot from Europe. Germany's new Note, which was l timed for simultaneous presentation, was a denlorahle mishke and rr.-.other unaccountable blundcj of German diplomacy. President Wilson and thi Allies have given Germany an opportunity to say \vluthnr she wants war ar.ci new. if German has the effrontery to sr.v the terms ate unjust, =ne will have the whole world against her. If she continues the war a boneless struggle, resulting in untold suffering, is incvi';ahle. Defeat will impose harder terms.

THE KAISER'S PROCLAMATION A CHOLERIC OUTBURST. ' AT REFUSAL OF "OUR HONEST PEACF OFFER." A PRAYER FOR V T CTORY.' '" # Received July 14, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, lan. 13. Tlie Kaiser, in n proclamation to the Gorman people, says: 'Our enemies have dropped the mask. After refusing, with scorn and hypocritical professions of love of humanity, our honest ueace offer, they are now replying to tue United States. They admit the* lust of conquest, the baseness whereof..s'enhanced, by their calumnies. They aim at crushing Germany and the enslavement of Europe, and to place the seas under the same yoke that Greece, with gnashing teeth, is now enduring.'* The Kaiser adds: "Our plosions victories, and the iron will with which the Germans have borne the hardships and distress of this unscrupulous economic war, are a guarantee that our beloved Fatherland lias nothing to fcp-. Burning indignation and holy wrath will redouble every Gorman's strength, any! God give us full victory over the enemy's rage for destruction."