PEACE TALK.
THE GERMAN PEACE TRAP. ; , BBOOGNISED BY THE ALLIES. London, Nov. 7. Th» Paris correspondent of the Manchester Guardian confirms the Daily telegraph's Milan message cabled on rober 24, and adds: M. Briand strongwished to go to Switzerland to spe Prince von Bulow or the Chancellor, as Germany Suggested, but the Premier, M. Bitot, would not allow it, believing the proposal was a trap. M. Briand then demanded that all the Powers should be informed. This was 'done, but in such a form as to suggest that the offer was a trap. Hence the Powers declined to negotiate. In addition to the cession of AlsaceLorraine, the proposals included the cestion of Trieste and the Trentino, the wmplete independence of Belgium, and inancial compensation for damage to Belgium. Germany insisted strongly upon the abstention ' of belligerent nations from a commercial boycott after the war and on complete equality treatment ei import duties and commercial facilities.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1917, Page 5
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155PEACE TALK. Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1917, Page 5
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