PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 October 1917, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

THE WAYS OF THE HUN. FALSEHOOD AND DECEPTION. Received Oct. 18, 5.30 p.m. Paris, Oct. 17. Replying to Germany's denial that she gave France to understand that negotiations might be opened for the restitutipn of Alsace-Lorraine, Le Matin states that a diplomatist, bearing tlie authority of the Kaiser's and the Chancellor's signatures, asked France to begin negotiations in Switzerland. Germany also approached England, through a neutral power, with the object of securing a separate peace, and offered an entirely satisfactory settlement of the Belgian question. Germany also had asked Russia to stipulato her demands, indicating that France and England would negotiate a separate peace. SWISS CATHOLIC CONGRESS. Berne, Oct. 17. A wireless message states that Swiss Catholics, with pro-German sympathies, convened an international congress at Berne for October 15 to promote a durable peace. Sixty-five Austrians and Germans, including Herr Erzberger. three Italians, one Russian, and one named Britisher, arrived to participate, but the failure of the movement from' an international standpoint led to the postponement of the congress till November 12. ALLEGED BAIT TO FRANCE. Paris, Oct. 17. The Chamber of Deputies has decided to hold a secret session to discuss M. Ribot's recent statement that Germany has hinted that she is prepared to restore Alsace-Lorraine if France will consent to discuss peace.