LONDON NOT IMPRESSED
A VAGUE AND HYPOCRITICAL STATEMENT
(Keceivoi September 24, 8 a.m.}
: LONDON, 23rd September, i LttWe importance is attached in official circles to the reply of the Central Powers to the Pope. The newspapers describe it as vague and_ hypocritical, and as leaving the situation unaltered. The most notable feature is the.omission of any-reference to the restoration and restitution of the invaded countries. FURTHER PAPAL APPEAL' EXPECTED (Received September 24, 8 a.m.) ROME, 23rd September. 'JPbe Pope contemplates sendisg a new Note to the belligerents after the Allies' replies have been received, saying that the questions on which all agree ahould represent the foundation of a new order of worldly things, and a new era of peace for. humanity. Secondary problems can easily be adjusted through goodwill and 'friendly discussion. Cardinal Gasparri favours the suppression of conscription and a boycott against any nation which attempts to restore it.
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Evening Post, Volume xciv, Issue 73, 24 September 1917, Page 7
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