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NO CHANCE WITH CENTRAL POWERS. MR BALFOUR'S DECLARATION. Australian and N Z Cable Association. LONDON, February 13. (Received Feb. 14, at 10.10 p.m.) In the House of Commons Mr Holt moved an amendment regretting that, by the decision of the Versailles War Council, the only immediate task of tho Government is the prosecution of military effort. Ho also deprecated an attempt to detach Austria from, the Central Alliance.
Mr Balfour, in reply, dissented from such a doctrine, and added that if it were possible to break up the enemy coalition nobody 7 would rejoice more than himself. The Versailles Council was faced by Count Hertling's and Count Czernin's speeches. They eaw therein no attempt to approach the Entente standpoint. It was obvious that Cfeernin refused President Wilson's terms. Tho Kaiser's and von Hertling's speeches proved that they were as far now as three years ago from accepting Mr Wilson's ideals, which -were commou to tho whole of the Entente. The diplomatic weapon was therefore useless.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17239, 15 February 1918, Page 5
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