THE HAND OF THE POPE, BUT THE VOICE OF THE KAISER
NO DISCUSSION OF TERMS BEFORE VICTORY
(Received August 17, 9.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 16th August.
The Daily Mail says : "The hand is the Pope's, but the voice is the Kaiser's. The British Empire would fly to pieces if the Allies entertained the Pope's proposal to restore tho German colonies. That is why the proposal is put forward. "The Germans are cunningly calculating that the mere discussion of such terms would rouse doubts and dissentions.
"The harder Germany is pressed, the more desperately 'will she devise ex pedients to divide the Allies. ■ We must resolutely refuse to discuss terms be fore victory "
LONDON, 15th August.
The newspapers declare that the Pope's Note is .strongly marked by German inspiration. The proposals are utterly inadmissible, besides betraying a, lamentable ignorance of opinion in the Allied countries.
NOT ACCEPTABLE TO WORKING MEN
(Received August 17, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, 15th August. Mr. Samuel Gompers (President of the Federation of Labour) has stated that working men cannot endorse the Pope's proposal, because it does not eliminate Kaieerism.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1917, Page 7
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