, 1916-12-20
Censored at Jamaica.

Censored at Jamaica.
London, Dec, l7th.-Lloyd's Weekly News
published special written statements on the
subject of the German peace offer by four
representative lnbour leaders, Mr.. Stephen
Walsh, Mr.. James Ogrady, Mr.. G. B. Stanton
and 1t. Col. John Ward. All declare that
the wer must continue until the conditions
laid down by Mr.. Asqnilh and Mr. Lloyd
George are achieved, but Mr.. Walsh in ad-
dltion contends that the Allies take the OPP
portnnity to make their position clear before
the World. MI. Walsh says. pending the
reception of the German proposals, it would
be foolish in the extreme to treat them as
though they were only a diplomatic move on
the part of Germany. Even if they were,
nothing but good should come if the Entente
Powers seize the opportunity to place their
case before the World. They can indicate
the terms upon which they are prepared to
negotiate pence. They could inform neu-
trails of their position. 1t would be an act
of sublime folly if we were to repent the
mistake of assuming that Germnny's offer
means that Germany is rapidly approaching
exhaustion. In view of the suff4rings and
disaster which have befallen the World, the
Allied powers should not take d merely
negative attitude at the present time. That
would be u suicidal act.
London, December 17th.-TelegrNphing
from Copenhagen, the correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company, quotes the
'Frankfurter Z-itung" as saying. "Germany
does not want q cessation of fighting, but
merely q conference at which all the belllger-
ents shall openly state then peace proposals.
A conference will be held at the Hague about
January 18th. While the conference is in
session, oil the belligerents will be allowed
to continue military operations.
London, December 17th.-Miss Sylvia
P%ankhurst, the militant suffragette, aud a
number uf sympathizers endeavoured to held
a demonstration at the East India dock
gates this afternoon to demand peace. A
big crowd assembled and mobbed the speak.
org. The police interfered and rushed Miss
Frankfurt and her friends to the police sta
ton followed by q demonstrative crowd.
The prisoners were held under bail for
examination before q magistrate.
London, Dec. 17th.-A fog which settled
over London yesterday is described as being
the most dense in fifty years. From curly
morning to a late hour London was q city Of
perpetual night. The inconvenience WAS
greater i'll the evening owing to the light
restrictions. ,Omuibuses stopped running
and taxicabs disappeared from the streets.
London, Dec. 16th.-The British censor
ship is again taken to task by the Chimes"
this morning on the ground that several
recent important statements, notably the
speech of Chancellor Won Bethmann-H ollweg
and Mr.. Bonar LAW were transmitted in
such fragmentary forms as to convey an
entirely wrong impression as to their mean
ing in neutral countries. The Times singles
out as perhaps the most serious error the
fact that the first version of the German
Chancellor peace decla, alton as sent out by
wireless represented him as speaking of
propositions which the Central Powers will
bring forward for negotiations. 1t points
out that the German newspaper version
shows distinctly that the Chancellor is not
now making proposals, but would do so if
negotiations were opened. In regard to Mr..
Bonar Law the ''Times" charges that the
censorship was responsible for isolated and
inaccurate sentences of his speech in Parlia-
ment on the financial situation reaching Wall
Street on Thursday in q manner bound to