PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

BELGIUM'S REPLY. PROTECTION 01 SHALL NATIONS. GERMAN BARBARITY. ] ft Received Jan. 10, 12.25 a.m. London, Jar. 15 The Press P.iiit.h' has issued lit?)giuin s reply to President Wilson's Nolo. It says that (.he President seems to brieve that the statesmen o F the two opposing camps are pursuing the same ends in the war. The erample of Belgium does not apply, but shows that this is not so. The birlmrom manner in which Germany is treating Belgium Germany, in the iuture, will guarantee the rights of the iveak peoples, 'which does not permit of the supposition that she had not ceased to trample underfoot since the war wafe unchained by her and she comiftenced to desolate .Europe. Belgium, notes with pleasure and confidence that the Onited States is anxious to co-operate witf measures to be taker, afer peace irs declared to protect and guarantee tjie small nations against violence and oppression. The Note complains that the Germans ri.inert Belgium and her industries, destroyed entire towns, killed and imprisoned a considerable number ot inhabitants and sent to servitude thousands of Belgian workers. Belgium to ficlit or submit to shame. Passionately she desires to end the anprwedentcd sufferings of her population, but she can only accept, a peace which would-ens jre equitable reparations, securities and guarantees for the future. < THE GREEK REPLY--. EVIDENTLY FRAMED BY GERMANY. Reuter Service. '• Received Jan, 15, 10.40 p.m. Pari*, Jan. 15. Le Temps state 9 that the Greek Government's reply to President Wilson's Note was violently recriminative against the Entente. It declares taht no country has suffered 'ike Greece, although she was not a belligerent, and it dwells on the strangling effect of the blockade and her efforts to preserve neutrality. GERMAN HYPOCRISY. ■New York, Jan. 13. ■ The New j.ork Times scathingly denounces the Kaiser's proclamation, and adds: "It is time Germany dropped the mask. Their need for peace is extreme, as they are on the verge of financial collapse and not fnv from actual starvation. They will forfeit the last vestige of neutral goodwill if they do not state their peace terms." Berlin correspondents point out that while Germany is seeking peace she is also preparing to meet what she expects to be a tremendous Allied offensive in the spring. Correspondents believe that the German jnethod will oe to hold the line in the West while Ilindenburg strikes a olow in the East. ANOTHER RABID GERMAN COMMENT. Received Jan. 15, 5.5 p.m. Cologne, Jan. 14. The Volks Zeitung states that the Allies' peace terms amount to a fresh declaration of war. "We are," it states, "again summoned to fight for freedom; let lis show the world that we are worthy of our fathers."