The sun., 1916-12-01
|SCHIFF DENIES HB
MOVED FOR PEACE
Says He Urged Belligerents to
Reach Understanding on
Causes Of War.
LEAGUES AIMS DEFINED
Financier Issues Statement
Following Attack on Him
by London "Times."

Jacob II. schif issued . statement
last night In explanation of his remarks
concerning mediation In the wal made
at the dinner Of the League to Enforce
Peace at the Hotel Aston last Friday
night. The banker denies he has moved
to bring about Immediate peace.
His u~tterances at the dinner resulted
In q statement by the league making
plain that the purpose of the league was
not to stop the war. but to push . move
ment for a league Of nations to be set up
after the war. The leagues statement
also said: THE league Ia committed only
by Its programme and the authorised in
depreciation thereof and not by the Views
Expressed by individual members"
William II. Taft also declared that the
sole object OF the league Ia to work for
a permanent peace at the end of the
present war.
Attacked by London "TImes."
The London Ty,nes yesterday alta cked
Mr.. Schin for his speech In an editorial
headed THE German Peace Intrigue" In
which the paper charged that Mr.. Schin
thought to seize the occasion Of the din
ner FOR a pro-German peace
regardless Of the ordinary decencies OF
hospitality"
Mr.. schifrs statement follows:
THE criticism In London papers OF
what ! said last Friday evening At the
League to Enforce Peace dinner evidently
results from an incomplete or Gafbled re-
port which must have been cabled TO
England. I have by no means moved
for immediate peace. for I we'll know
this would he utterly impracticable and
not desirable In the positions the various
belllgerents hold at the present time.
II have sought 10 bring out hat even
while this furious conflict proceeds II
ought to he desirable to bring the bel
liSeren's 10 the realization. II peace Il "a
come, that between themselves they need
before long TO come TO understand and
agree what the causes n the problems
OF this great war areas "A result o'
which the world will have to be made
overland that It is by nc means toe
soon to give thisp phase consideration.
Il have further endeavored to make II
clear that unless peace he finally con.
cluded with an understanding OF thi,
aspect Of the struggle, peace 10 no
worth making. For II cannot be tho
desire OF the nations hat the conclusion
OF peace shall mark only the beginning
VI n rFiiSs VI Co, dS Ihf
recently been prophesied by an eminen'
man who has spoken so pesslnisticall,
and d~iscouragingly Of the future. VIII
others I am deeply impressed that II 1!
most desirable to bring both the Allie
and the Central Powers TO a realization
OF the necessity OF coming together 1,
this respect at least, for at some tint
they will lay to do this In any event
II shall not dignity the personal at
tacks upon me IN English papers by TAX
ing note OF them. I know this Is by NJ
means the voice Of the English nation
But admiring. loving and having ever!
preference for Anglo-Saxon govern
mental institutions. for the maintenance
OF which Il IL indeed worth while q
make every sacrifice. may ! not say Il
those who seek TO calumniate me tina
attacks upon honest utterances and AZ
tenpts to discredit free expression n
opinion are not the best methods n,
which to retain and to gain increasingl,
the sympath!es Of the American people.