PEACE OVERTURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 4 January 1916, Page 7

PEACE OVERTURES

GERMAN TERMS REJECTED. LONDON, Dec. 30. Prince von B-ulow made .overtures^-to the iToprcsntatives of the Allies at Berne, statin# the terms'on which Germany; was prepared' to 'negotiate for peace. Tho overtures were rejected. . (It was tated a few days ago that' Prince von Bul.ow had been sent to Switzerland to create an atmosphere of peace.) ' DREAMS OF SEPARATE PEACE ' 'FADES. : LONDON, Dec. 30. The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Petrograd states that neut'rali officers from Gerrfiariy report that owing to the depression an abnormal number-of suicides ' are occurring. "Three out of eleven German officers in rane boundaVyhouso committed suicide. Everywhere it was whispered that a hundred thousand •had been, killed in the fruitless autumn campaign in Russia, and the dream of a separate peace had faded. The cost of living is causing much hunger among the spoored classes. The scarcity of food in Hungary is pitiable. The 'Government is taking, over stocks and establishing food tickets in Januaiy, yet while the idea of the. destruction of 'G'errriany is prevalent the people will fight. THE POPE'S ATTITUDE. ROME, Dec. 30. The correspondent of the "Daily News' states that the Pope has decided to disa-' vow the 'German statements that .the in-dependence'of--the Holy See will be raised at the peace negotiations, as- he does not wish to complicate his prospects as a mediator.