THE POPE'S PROPOSALS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 40, 16 August 1917, Page 7

THE POPE'S PROPOSALS

A SUPREME COURT OF

ARBITRATION

PEOPLE'S DESIRES TO BE CON

SULTKD.

.(ltBBTEB"S TEI/ESBAU.) ROME, 14th Auguet.

•I The -announcement of the Pope's proposal is the sequel to great diplomatic activity. The Papal Secretary, Monsig- * aor Gaspaxri, ia interviewing many of diplomats.- Bio appeal was adaress'jd also to neutral countries. The Pope the document to the Italian GovernJnent. 1 s The Pope's proposals suggest the forma-l-lion of ajSurjreme Court of Arbitration for the solution of future disputes; no , Jmnexations nor indemnities, except in - particular cases, as, for instance, Belgium, and some of the French and Ser"vian regions; the solution of the problems , jof Alsace-Lorraine, the Trentino, and /[Trieste according to the aspirations of their peoples; and the restoration of the ancient Kingdom of Poland, Belgium, and the occupied French departments, in f exchange for the German colonies.

1 WASHINGTON, 14th August. » An unofficial outline of the Pope's . jpeace proposals shows that they include ■",,-the reduction of armam«nts, freedom of jtho seas, and stipulate that thers be no -.(retaliatory struggle after the war for the *,v/orld's commercial supremacy.

AMERICAN OPINION DOUBTFUL

" s 1 (MISIIMLUN'HBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) , l,' NEW YORK, 14th August. Regarding the Pope's proposal, it is .authoritatively announced that the j United States is willing to listen to a Ibona Ma peace suggestion only if it will • Unsure the attainment of America's ob--1 jects in entering the war. It is not be1i lieved that the Pope will hasten the ■ end of the conflict. Diplomatic quarters Jaio predicting peace before the end of , twelve months.