Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-04
Belief That European Ma
tions Are Beginning
-, to Tire of War
DENY. PEACE RUMORs
Representatives of Belligerent Ma.
tons Say Peace Negotiations Would
Not Be Welcome Now.

Washington, Sept. A. Diplomatic
representatives Of all the beillger-
ent powers have Joined in chorus
of denial of readiness of their respec-
tive governments to talk peace at
this time. The British Embassy wa4
particularly emphatic. in refusing 70
consider any suggestion OF ending the
w,r and it was even intimated that
any suggestion for peace would not
he regarded with welcome or even as
friendly Office at this time. 1t Is
insisted that the Allies are united IN
their determination to stand togeth'
er without oreak; either until Ger
many is defeated and crushed, or un-
til Germany sues for peace.
It was pointed out by the Allies
that Germany recognizes she has
reached the limit of her resources and
that she now holds more hostile ter
ritory that she will at any other time.
and that Austria Hungary is practlc-
ally bankrupt; whereas the Allies are
growing stronger every day. Inc
British diplomats point to the sensa'
tional recovery Of sterling exchange
as the unanswerable argument o.
Great Britain's financial strength, and
to the reports from the Dardanelles
to show that the capture of Constart
tinople is daily growing more certain:
The central powers just as vIgor-
ously deny that Pope Benedict acted
at their request Thursday when Car
dinal Gibbons presented to President
Wilson a letter from the Pope invit-
ing Mr.. Wilson'S assistance to bring
about peace. At the German EN-
bassy it was stated that, inasmuch as
Germany, had used every effort t."
avoid war, so now it would make no
effort to end it; except to honorable
terms.
1t is understood that Pope Bene-
dict, in his: message to President VIII
son, expressed the hope that Mr.. VIII
son might suggest truce to the war
ring powers during which negotiations
for peace might be discussed. 1t IS
as ssumed that President Wilson will
send an answer to the Pope in which
he will assure him that he shares the
Pontiff's earnest regards for peace,
and that he will. embrace the earliest
opportune moment to make an effort
to end the present war; but it is not
believed that President Wilson in his
reply will pledge himself to any action
at this time. Shortly after the pre-
sent war began President Wilson of
fered his friendly services to all tho
warning powers, and that :offer2 still
stands, unaccepted. Mr.. Wilson will
certainly not invite a second rebuff.
The note to Great Britain is still
awaiting the final revision by Secre-
tary Lansing. 1t will not be put "
final shape for transmission to Am,
bassador Page at London until the
pending negotiations with Germany
over the Lusitania and the Arabic
are entirely completed by the recep'
tion of the German note and its ac-
ceptance by President Wilson. An!
hope that may be felt in Berlin that
the note to Great Britain will be
couched in language as peremprory
and as closely approaching an ult'
matum as was the last note to Ger
many is due to disappointment. The
note will be very firm, but the Ian
guage will be temperate, for this gov
crnment will maintain that language
warranted by the. destruction of hu
man lives is out of place in a dis
cussion Of mere financial considera
ton, and that human lives, when ono.
destroyed, can never be restored
while money wrongs, however. griev
Gus, are always capable of final ad
justment and reparation.