PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1917, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN NOTES. ELIMINATION OF ARMED FORCE. COMPULSORY INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. Received Sept. 23, 5.3 p.m. , New York, Sept. 22. ; Austrian and German notes express the : hope that the Pope's plea will lead to ■' negotiations. The Austrian note says : the future of the world must be based on i the elimination of armed force, introducing the rule of international justice and legality. Austria is prepared to submit international disputes to compulsory arbitration, and that armaments on land. sea, and in the air should be reduced simultaneously and reciprocally, also that gradually the high seas should be opened equally for the use of all. The note adds: "We are prepared to enter into negotiations on the basis of this proposal, and it should not then he difficult to settle other questions in a spirit of justice." The German note cherishes a lively de- , sire that the Pope's appeal may be successful. BELGIUM'S INDEPENDENCE. SPAIN CO-OPERATES IN MOVEMENT. Received Sept. 82, SJS p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 21. Tho Berliner Tageblatt's Zurich correspondent says that Germany's reply to the Pope does not contain a formal renunciation of the annexation of Belgium, "but implicitly accepts Belgium's independence. The Vosßiche Zeitung states that Spain has expressed her willingness to cooperate with the Vatican's peace movement. THE PAPAL NOTE. THE GERMAN REPLY. ■, Received September 22, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Sept. 21. It is understood here that Germany accepts the principle of the Papal Note regarding the peace proposals, but will not make formal engagements regarding territorial questions, CANADA. LABOR SUPPORTS CONSCRIPTION. Ottawa, Sept. 21. The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, dealing with the principle of compulsory military service, passed a resolution that it did not deem it right or patriotic in Labor interests to interfere to prevent the Government obtaining the desired recruits by means of conscription. FRANCE. SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH. Received September 22, 6.5 p.m. Paris, Sept. 21. A court-martial at Marseilles sentenced to death a Swiss singer named Begin Diani for espionage. THE SUBMARINE' CAMPAIGN. LONG RANGE SUBMARINE CAPTURED. New York, Sept. 21. The Rome correspondent of the New York World describes a captured German submarine, wMich is 3'Xtft long and can submerge for three days. It has a range of 2000 miles.