GERMANY AND THE PEACE NOTE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3195, 20 September 1917, Page 5

GERMANY AND THE PEACE NOTE

THE ISSUES IN BELGIUM VAGUE SIDE-STEPPING Amsterdam, September 18. The "Cologne Volks Zeitung"' officially denies that Germany is abandoning her claims to Belgium. 'JJhese are not mentioned in the reply to tho Papal Note. Germany has no intention of. entering into details, after her experiences in the present war, and the knowledge gained of Belgian diplomacy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ~ .....'. THE GERMAN REPLY TO THE PEACE NOTE TO BE PUBLISHED LATE THIS MONTH.,.,, New York, September IS. The Rome correspondent of (tie "United Press states that the Vatican not publish the German reply to the Pope's Peace Note until the clergy of the Vati-, can enter their annual Retreat, late in '• September, when special prayers for a just Christian peace will be offered. The Vatican will publish all its diplomatic papers after the war.—Aue.-N.Ji. Cabl» Assn. THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. , Stockholm,. September 18. The Socialists have decided to postpone the Stockholm Conference till the end of the year.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AFTER THE WAR AMERICA WILL RETURN TO HER ISOLATION, t New York, September 18. The Vice-President (Mr. T. R. Marshall), in a speech, said that at the close of the war America must be free to resumo her isolation, untrammelled by entangling alliances with European, rations. "This," he said, "expresses, but lamely. President Wilson's views.' 1 — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' "WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND LOW INTRIGUES" ' AMERICAN HINT TO THE GERMANS. New York, September 18. In a speech at a war convention of business men at Atlantic City,.Mr. F. K Lane, Secretary of the Interior, Bald that the United States was making full steam ahead, and would continue ngnt- ,• ing until the world had no further tear lof Kaiserism. Germany constituted an , organised ambition which imperilled the, peace of the world. But .there might; be I inside her a better Germany. It thw ' were realised, she might be restored to 1 the family of nations as a friend, ber- ' many must abandon the hope of master- ' ing the world with high explosives and low intrißues.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HUGE WAR VOTE IN AMERICA (Rec. September 20, 1-33 a.m.) Washinjjton, September 19. The Federal House has unanirapUßlT passed a seven billion urgent Deficiency Bill carrying hup a P" ro P. rlatl^ 8 7 f< S n S° . prosecution of the war.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable 1 Assn.