PEACE TALK.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1915, Page 5

PEACE TALK.

THE POPE'S MESSAGE. NOT A FORMAL ONE TO THE PRESIDENT. Received Sept. 7, ft.4o p.m. London, Sept 7. Reuter's correspondent at Washington pays the facts are that the (Pope cabled Cardinal Gibbons the Vatican's views on peace, and instructed him to deliver them to President Wilson. Thus, technically the Pope's message "was addressed to Cardinal Gibbons, not to President Wilson. The Pope desired to learn President Wilson's views inform, ally, prior to a formal message. AMERICA NOW DUBIOUS. SEEING THROUGH THE GERMAN GAME. Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 0; The Times' Washington correspondent says that responsible opinion regards the Clcrmany peace talk as German duplicity and insulting to American intelligence, and also that doubts have arisen whether the much acclaimed submarine surrender is not tarred with the sarnie brush. Important newspapers are now pointing out obvious omissions in Couni Bernstorff's Note. Statements have !been made in some quarters that Berlin is withholding comprehensive concessions until President Wilson takes action against the British blockade, and this does not strengthen American confidence. STILL BEING DISCUSSED. PRESIDENT WILL NOT MEDIATE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 0. The Times' New York correspondent says that Germany is still discussing peace through the American press, but President Wilson does not expect now, or in the near future, to take any steps in the direction of mediation, Tho unofficial announcements from London, Paris, and Petrograd that the Allies are inflexibly resolved to fight until victory is won is considered to automatically dispose of Cardinal Gibbons' appeal. MEDIATION BY NEUTRALS ONLY. THE POPE'S ATTITUDE. Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Sept. C, Tho Pope has not sent a letter to President Wilson, but awaits a favorable moment for mediating. Mediation by America would bo unsuitable, because tho American policy tends towards the Entente, Mediation is only possible by a country not committed towards tho •Entente, such as Switzerland, Spain, or Scandinavia. WAS THE PRESIDENT TRAPPED? THE GERMAN PROPAGANDA. Received Sept. 7, 5.5 p.m. New York, Sept, 0. Americans realise that the loose peace talk which has recently been given prominence in the newspapers is the direct result of a German propaganda. The opinion is apparently prevalent in Europe that the Americans have 'been hairiboozled, and tlmt President Wilson has possibly 'been ensnared by German subtlety, ' : ■ It is an incorrect suggestion that •President Wilson and the Pope are actively co-operating for the framing of peace, and the reported overtures arc a mere illusion. America realises that the propaganda has sought to show that Germany is desirous of ending the bloody struggle, only England is blocking the way for settlement, and also .to secure for Germany much-needed financial and diplomatic help from neu■trals. Nino out of ten Americans believe that the Allies are fighting for the most cherished ideals of civilisation, and regard Prussianism as a menace to the western world.