Evening star., 1917-09-24
GERMANY WILLING TO TRADE
LGIUM FOR HER COLONIES
Comment on Peace Replies in Teutonic
and Entente Capitals Shows Wide
Divergence of Opinions

Haungartan lung capital discuss tho Austro-
hungarian and German replies to pope
Pct PPeneoict In very apprecia tive tones. The
rester Lloyd regards the answers as
s,,oWing that humanity after three years
Ja Morio war Is resolutely anticipating
nave required generations.
me newspaper adds: +Any one who
rev years ago had hinted as a most dis
ian. ,ih possibility that great military states
I3 lfiuisputaoiy gigantic military success.
would declare readiness to reorganize
eneir foreign policy on the fundamental
nn. ,usas oi tne most radical paciflst. would
and Utopian"
Scored by British Press.
LONDON. September 24.-Ths London
morning papers are almost. unanimous
regarding the replies of the central en-
pires to the Pope as vague. hypocritical
and hopeless. and all the more reason
why the war should be prosecuted to GER
tain victory
Inc observer then proceeds to en-
phasize the importance of America in
the war. as follows: America with her
superb abundance of all technical means
Is cheating the offensive of its destruc-
tive power in q far more formida Bile
manner than Russia in her best circum-
stances could ever have brought to bear
ne aliles are sure of their harvest.
we are convinced that only another
year Oh unity, endurance and economy
IS required to reap the crop. Peace be-
Iore America is more fully ready than
she is next spring could only spell com
promise by negotiation and that would
mean bad settlement"
Finds Cowardice in Note
The Manchester Guardian considers
.hat the German reply is not strictly an
answer to the Pope's appeaI for neaca
The Guardian says:
we are sorry to say it, but we find
good deal of moral and political cow
way by which Germany comld cnnvince
.he world of the sincerity of her re-
turn 10 the humanities, and that was by
explaining why she deserted them and
MAJ &MIih. atonement she meant to offer
Ihat would have been the brave thing
10 DO, but Germany hasn't done il
Inc Guardian considers that the note
SHOWS now far the education of the
Scrnan rulers has progressed in the
italu @ sehool of facts: If not the prin-
Gates that the rulers have been forced
10 pay marked Difference to the view
OF the refchstag. The Guardian draws
..i .He conclusion that Germany's rulers de-
Win passionate intensity,
oeclarlns we must help the Germa n
people SO far as it Is possible for us in
their struggle with their government" !"
and concludes:
but we must beware of rallyine the
Iorces or the enemy by language that
VIII help the government to identity it.
Sel1 with the interests of Germany and
her people. which she SO shamefully
miSmanaged"
French Editors Not Impressed.
pARlS, September 24.-"Evasive, !"
vague" hollow and "emntv,. ara
worus which appear and reappear in
me comments published in the Paris
newspapers on the replies of Germany
ana Austria to Pope Benedict's peace
proposals. Gustav Herve. editor of La
tlcto1re. characterizes the notes as
words and wind" 80
srtuaily the whole press chooses
.he same points for criticism. placing
nrst the absence of any reference to
Belgium. Alsace-Lorraine and Poland
altnougn the Pope referred to them If
as IL Is pointed out" somewhat tim,
ldiy. The replies are condemned as
asoidlhg an answer. yet accepting some
od .he ropes suggestions with the in
tent OF inducing his holiness to send
further notes and thus keen hfs inter-
Nentlon alive. Several writer's are con-
Vihced that the replies were changed
shortly before being sent, possible con-
cessions being eliminated by the in
nuence OF pan-Germans and Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg and, the Matin
suggests. connecting Emperor vii
liam's recent visit to Sofia with BuI-
garia's refusal to make proposed re-
nunciations.