GERMAN PEACE STATEMENT
SOCIALIST RECEPTION, f "VEIL OF HYPOCRISY." <r Times. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 27. The Socialist paper Vorwarts, commenting on Baron von Hertling's speech, says: "It has increased the enemy's distrust. We are surfeited with such ambiguous masterpieces, which trifle with Germany's desire for peace."
The Leipsic Volkszeitung says:—"ln August, 1914, Dr. von BethmannHollweg solemnly promised to repair the wrong done to Belgium. The Government now rejects that promise. Doubtlegs the Government is unwilling to reinstate Belgium's political independence, requiring conquests in the West as in the East, under the veil of hypocrisy." Other democratic organs complain of absence of a clear declaration concerning Belgium, which would remove the obstacle to the belief in the sincerity of Germany's peace efforts.
. VATICAN AND CZERNIN. POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. A United Press telegram from Rome reports that the Vatican regards Count Czernin's speech as a positive step towards peace.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16760, 29 January 1918, Page 5
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