PEACE TALK.
THE KAISER'S LATEST. MAY GO TO IiI'EST UTUVSK. '•EVERYBODY WANTS PEACE." PROPOSED GATHERING OF RULERS Received T|ec. 24, 9.30 p. Copenhagen, Dee. 23. The Berliner Zeitung states that the Kaiser lias intimated that he will probably go to Brest Litovsk if the peace negotiations ar.e successful. He also favors a gathering of nil the European monarchs and regents, as everybody wants peace, and all states must cooperate in solving the problems ahead. ITALIAN PREMIER'S VIEWS. STATUS QUO IMPOSSIBLE. RESISTANCE THE ONLY SAFE WAY. Router Service. Received Dec. 25, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Dec. 23. Speaking in the Chamber upon the vote of confidence, Signor Orlando (Prime Minister), referring to a Socialist deputy's advocacy of peace, said that Germany had never spoken of such a peace, had never mentioned the restoration of Belgium, and Austria had never shown any intention of restoring unredeemed Italy. It was rather thin to accept a peace which would leave Austria in possession of Italian territory. The.ltalians would retreat fighting as far as Sicily. Moreover, a return to the status quo was impossible after the immense sacrifices made in the war. The only way to safety wall resistance. NO FURTHER OFFER FROM GERMANY. ' NO SURRENDER OF ISLAND POSSESSIONS THE REASONS WHY. Received Dec. 25, 5.5 p.m. Berne, Dec. 24. The Frankfurter Zeitung's Berlin correspondent states that the Government will not make any further peace offet. Amsterdam, Dec. 24. The Hamburg Tremden'blatt states that Germany must not surrender her island possessions in the Pacific, whose naval bases and coaling, stations would enable Germany to defy Australian and New Zealand ambitions, check Japan, threaten the western shores of North and South America, and supply enormous quantities of valuable raw materials. At the conclusion of the peace conference it will be found that our South Sea possessions havo been considerably increased. It must be bo.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 December 1917, Page 5
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