GERMANS SUGGEST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN SEPTEMBER.
NO REPLY WHEN ALLIES ASSERT WILLINGNESS. LONDON, December 12. In the course of a speech iii the House of Commons, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Seereta/y of State for Foreign Affairs, said that in. September last the Government receive from Germany advice cent through a neutral diplomatic channel that Germany -vrould be glad to make a cojnmunication to the British Government regarding peace. The British Government replied' that it -was prepared to receive any communication Germany desired to make to* it and to discuss the oommvinication with the Allies. The British Government informed Prance. Italy. Japan. Russia, and the United States of the German suggestion and its reply. No answer had been returned, and no other official communi- , cation received.—(A. and NJS. Cable.),
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 297, 13 December 1917, Page 5
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