The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-09
Rome "Messagero' Says the
Pontiff Is Sending Note
to Berlin and u. S.
TIME INOPPORTUNE,
is VATICAN VIEW
Important War Plans Made
by Allies at Confer
ence in Rome

Rome, Jan. Pope Benedict will de-
clare the present moment inopportune
for a peace movement in notes to Ger
many and America, the newspaper Mes.
tsagero asserted yesterday.
According to this source, the notes
will be practically identical in terms and
will be dispatched by the Vatican. on
Wednesday
The Messagero declares the pope will
narrate his own personal efforts toward
peace and his desire to end the great war,
but sum up his conclusions that the time
is not yet ripe for definite steps
London, Jan. 9-The result of the har-
monious allied conference just concluded
in Rome is expected to be greater CO.
ordination for the successful issue of the
war.
Results very important and favorable
when executed" is the summary given
by the Giornale d1talia.
The Daily Telegraph prints the follow
ing dispatch from Rome: ~
"Lloyd-G George is spoken of by every
body as the leading figure in the confer
NhSSs IiiS he"SpoPSi0 punish iChS ahA
fattering articles about him., and with
out disparaging the Others it is safe to
say that he is the most admired among
the visitors. All the papers are agreed
in saying that it is to his initiative that
the holding of the conference in Rome is
due.
1T is impossible in few words to ex-
press the feeling of implicit confidence
and faith which the Italian nation now
has in England and the English. The
accaiming of Lloyd George by the Ital-
ian people and press is only part of this
feeling of faith and trust that the Brit
ish nations will lead the allies to a vic
torious conclusion of this war. France
comes in for great share of the same
feeling because of her bravery in resist
ing the attacks of the enemy and for her
initial military organization, but the
British empire is now looked up to as
the great reserve strength of the allies"
Great significance was attributed yes
terday to the speech at the Browning
settlement of Minister of Pensions
Barnes urging an explicit reply by the
allies to President Wilson's plea for def |
mite peace terms.
nc idCb bUhL iUeinDtT Vi Tile Iioyu- |
George ministry publicly announced |
president Wilson's appeal for belliger.
ents to state their terms OF peace is en- |
titled to all the respect that can be |
shown it, for many reasons" was taken |
as indicating that the allies reply will I
probably set forth definite list of the |
aims for which the entente is fighting
Those sentences in Barnes speech |
which attracted most attention were:
Il should like to see something done in
the way of making our general terms, or
the general objects for which we are in
this war, more widely known to the
American people. We should accept the
invitation of the American president to
tell him, at any rate, what our terms or
objects are. Whether they should be
made public is another matter.
"Germany's appeal is not genuine 1t
is couched in the bombastic terms of
victor offering terms to the vanquished.
They are war-map terms. We cannot
make terms with a wild beast. Either
the wild beast must down us or we must
down the wild beast.
president Wilson should be assured
that this country is not out to smash the
Germans, Germany, or any one or any
thing except military power and military
pride. think he may be told of
our negative objects and assured that we
have no idea in this war of increasing
our territory or power, or anything of
the kind" Is