PEACE NOT IMMINENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 October 1918, Page 2

PEACE NOT IMMINENT.

GZNXRAL PAH'S VTEW. Hi ivcd 1. 10 p.m.) MKI.IIoI KM-:, this day ( iiiuniciil inp mi Hermany's acceptance of tin- terms, Cenoral I'a it said that the [eolinp that peace uas imminent was unjustified. II.• added thai we must not fall into Herman (raps. The only real solution was to pet t i„. Hermans on the other side of tin- lUiine. Senator I'oarce i Minister of Defence) described the i.IT.t as an acceptance by the eni-iny of the inevitable, and that it could be ro-aril.-.l only with caution, anil as an indication of the trend of events. The morniup papers accept the proposals, as an admission that the Hermans are militarily beaten. ImL nrpc the need of the strictest caution and the must himlinp puarantoes before considering any peace preliminaries. They ox prow ■rrave doubt about accepting the word of any Herman statesman. The -Herald" says no Allied country will trust, the Hermans to pivo back the annexed territories in Kroner or make pood (he damage in Ilelgium ami France if their army be allowed to return home without further molestation and take its aim with it. The •'Telegraph"' declares tliat Hermany will have only itself and ils past actions to blame if President Wilson should roplv that acceptance of his terms by the Herman Government, even with the endorse- | iiH'iit of the lloiehstag, cannot be doomed I sulliciciit. because the Herman Hovora meiit exhibited bad faith on previous occasion:;, and, therefore, cannot be now trusted.—l A. and N.Z. Cable.)