THE COMING PEACE

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13888, 14 October 1918, Page 5

THE COMING PEACE

NOT WRITTEN IN ANGER OR REVENGE. PRE-WAR STATUS IMPOSSIBLE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 13, T).:> p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Mr Lansing, Secretary of Slate, in a speech on post-war and peace terms, said:—"We know that the German mili,tary loaders and armies will be defeated. The Allies are now sweeping back the invaders, who are brokenspirted, sullen and hopeless. Thoughtful men know that the coming peace will not be lasting if the terms are written in anger and revenge, instead of in a spirit of strict justice, it is safe to say that the peace which will come when the world is safe from the beast which is still at large will satisfy the just, but not the unjust, wishes of all peoples. It would be unreasonable to expect people or peoples who have suffered agonies in the war to accept pre-war conditions as the basis of future national and international order." EXCITEMENT IN BYDNEY. . (United Press Association.) Received October 13, 11.30 p.m. SYDNEY, October 13. There was much excitement at the widespread rumours that Germany had agreed to the peace terms, the public failing to distinguish clearly between the acceptance of President Wilson's points and the terms Hie Allies may consider suitable under existing conditions. A special Sunday edition of one evening newspaper sold like wildfire.