RUMOURED OVERTURES
GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES
UNOFFICIAL MEDIATORS AT WORK
REPORTED MOVEMENT BY AUSTRIA
in TELEGRAPH.—UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COfWIGKT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND OABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 13, 8.33 a.m.) ' ' '*'■ NEW YORK, 12th 'April. . 'A message from Itome states that Austria is pressing for peace, according to reports from the Vatican. ■ " , (Received April 13, 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, 12th 'April. A message from Copenhagen states that Germany is believed to be about to, make overtui'es to the United States for peace negotiations. • (Received April 13, 9.30 a.m.) , VANCOUVER, 12th April. A message from Copenhagen states that reports are current that the German Foreign Office: is making overtures to the United States to enter peace negotiations. Mr. Lansing (Secretary for State) is already understood to have received proffers through unofficial mediators. . . The German terms are not specified, but it is be* lieved, however, that they do not materially differ from those outlined in December. (Received April 13, 9.30 a.m.) ' WASHINGTON, 12th 'April,
No statement regarding peace is forthcoming,
The official attitude is that everything will depend on the nature-o£ the/concessions Germany is prepared to make. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1917, Page 7
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182RUMOURED OVERTURES Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1917, Page 7
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