PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1918, Page 6

PEACE TALK.

AMERICAN VIEWS. \ W THE ENEMY NOTES. Washington. Oct. 2?._ Much interest is being manifested in the Herman and Austrian Note sent to President Wilson. The official text of the Austrian Note has not yet been received. It is felt in official circles that if the Austrian Note means complete capitulation Germany will be forced to recognise the hopelessness of her situation and will be compelled to surrender unconditionally or continuo the war under tremendously increased handicaps. According to well-informed circles, if Austria surrenders it will mean that the Allies will be able to enter the Dual Monarchy's territory and use the railways there, thus attacking Germany at a vulnerable point. It is Believed the Czecho-Slovaks will be ready to assist would be forced to withdraw troops from the west front in order to protect her southern frontier It is not expected President Wilson will reply to the latest. German Note, the official text of which docs not differ from the wireless text. Count Minotto's revelations inado to the American authorities, with evidence of M- Caillaux's complicity, have been given fo the French Embassy, and will be used against M. Caillawx at his coming trial for high treason. Count Minotto is a son-in-law of Louis T. Swift, the American millionaire meat packer.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assoc. JTHB VERSAILLES COUNCIL, I SECRET DELIBERATIONS. ' London, Oct. 29. The Versailles Council sittings arc surrounded with an impenetrable barrier of secrecy. There is a specially-cleared cable line giving direct communication between Paris and Washington. This enables President Wilson to keep in close touch. It is thought in London that the Council will not reach a decision before several days, by which time Turkey may have sued for peace and Austria's capitulation be complete. Well-informed people believe that the Council will demand that Germany present the white flag on the West front, symbolising surrender, and that the Allies' terms of armistice will include the occupation of Alsace-Lorraine, the Rhine bridgeheads, and the surrender of submarines'. The unofficial advances from Turkey are expected immediately to become official.