PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1918, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

THE GERMAN- TERMS. NOT LIKELY TO EG ACCEPTED. London, May. (1. The references to the Oerman'peace n()>ii--ivp are evidently based on the receipt of certain proposals through a neutral source. The Jlrimic correspondent of (lie Central Xews repnrls Unit M. C'ohji, Winer .Diliell War MinUtcr, carried llcrr KuhlHi:>uii's proposals to London. Ucrnian circles in Holland declare that CerlnanyV. terms are already known in Downing Street, also that, the terms include the status in the East to remain as at present, the renunciation of tier, man claims in the West, Austria to make concessions, an international conference to settle Balkan questions, and all the belligerents to decide colonial questions in Africa and Asia Minor. Ocrmany, while abandoning Kiaochau, demands economic concessions in China. —Aua.-KZ. Cable Assoc

A Central News message from The Uniiue says it is reported that the German peace proposals include the restoration of Belgium, autonomy for AlsaceLorraine within the German Federation, and the submission of colonial questions to an international conference.—Aust.Jif.Z. Cable Assoc.

WHITSUNTIDE PEACE MOVE. DENIED BY THE VATICAN. Received May 7, 8.30 p.m. Rome, May C. The Vatican denies.the rumor regarding a Papal Whitsuntide peace move, adding that a favorable opportunity does not seem near. —Times Service. A MARE'S NEST. NO PEACE OFFER MADE. Received May 8, 12,55 a.m. London, May 7. Mr.- Balfour in the House of Commons denied that the enemy recently made peace oilers. He added that no mitral representative in Britain had made any tentative or informal peace suggestion. 'The whole tiling was a mare's nest. — Press Association. CONVEYED BY DUTCH STATESMAN. Received May 7, 5.30 p.m. London, May 7. The State Department has received advices from London saying that M. Colyn, a former member of the Dutch Cabinet, is in London giving Germany's peace terms.—(Press Association.