Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
PEACE PLAN BALKED !
BY MOOD OF ALLIES,
WASHINGTON FINDS
King Georges Address to
Parliament Regarded as
Meaning War to Finish.
President Will Cease
Overtures for Present.

WASHINGTON. Sept 19-Feelins hars
today in official circles Is far from hone.
full for an early mediation among the
nations of war-torn Europe
''Watchful waiting" President WILL
sons policy in Mexico, has become his
policy toward European peace This
became known officially today. From
source in closest touch with Wilson. !,
was learned his ambition now is for
permanent peace not alone In Europs.
but throughout the world.
He does not want truce that would
merely halt the fighting for month or
two, only to have it break out again
more violently His position was analv,ed
in the terse comment that he will no,
now put out to the country each morn.
ing peace when II is not in the cards
That this Government has had indee.
rite assurances that truce might DOS
sibly be affected at this time, it was in.
terpreted from a statement that It mighs
be possible now to have "a truce. bu.
rot peace"
The address of King George to parl!a-
mcnt Yesterday has strengthened the i'm
preston that England is not yet ready to
entertain overtures. In his speech, read
by deputy, the King stated
Gentlemen OF the House Of Com.
mons, 7 thank you for the liberalitv
with which you have met a great
emergency.
NY Lords and Gentlemen, we are
fighting fnr q nv opJ
shall not lay down our arms unit! that
purpose has been fully achieved
England's non-receptive attitude IS con-
f1rmed by a cable which Ambassador Sir
Cecil spring-Rice received from Sir Ed
ward Grey the British Minister of Fore
ign Affairs, saying that Great Britain had
received no proposal for peace directly
or indirectly, from either Germany or
Austria, and, therefore. was not in e no.
siticn to consider terms of peace.
Russia. too. is at present opposed to
consideration of peace terms Petrograd
newspapers express the Russian view that
there can be no peace until the Kaisers
Ministers appear at the tents of the allied
commanders and ask for terms. In an
uttsranco yesterday, which was obviously
inspired and bears the earmarks of Gov
ernment decision, they declare that Rus
sian diplomacy is fully in accord with
that of the allies in the refusal to enter
into any negotiations.
The activities of President Wilson in the
effort to get the warning Powers in Eu-
rope in a mood to listen to peace pro-
posals have come to a standstill
Whether the President will resume his
Inquiries on the subject in the near future
will probably depend on Developments
The Government, however, probably
will seek to keep alive the movement for
peace by transmitting. without comment,
the report made by James w. Gerard, the
American Ambassador at Berlin of his
conversation with the Imperial Chancel-
lor, whichs was initiated by the inquiry
of this Government as to whether EN-
peror William had indicated that he was
in favor of peace, to the British, French
and Russian Governments The trans.
mission of the Gerard report to the allied
Governments will be simply in the nature
of a reminder that the United States Will
he ready to act as the friend of all par.
ties concerned whenever they reach the
point Of being willing to discuss terms
for an amicable settlement
BRITAIN FIRM.
The position of Great Britain was mads
clear in a conversation between Str Ed
ward Grey, the British Minister for For.
eign Affairs, and Walter H Page the
American Ambassador In London in
which the Cabinet officer said that Great
Britain would consent only to a peace
that would be permanent. and that one
of the basic principles of any peace
agreement must be solemn assurances
from Germany that reparation would be
furnished to Belgium for the violation
of her neutrality and the damage done
by the German troops,
II is known that the Administration is
moi encouraged over the outlook and s
inclined To the belief that the war must
continue for a considerable period before
President Wilson will he able, without
giving offense, to make further advances.
President Wilson has said that he re-
CARDS the German Chancellors commun-
cation to Ambassador Gerard as non
committal.
For the present the peace movement
will he allowed To remain in statu qpo.
since the transmission of the Chancelor's
expressions to the allies Governments
Is expected to bring forth nothing mors
substantial than a polite acknowledge