New Britain herald., 1918-06-21
'NO HONEST BASIS PORTAGE.
No Evidence Of Serious Effort by
 German Government

London June 21.-Philip Edward Morrell, liberal representing a small pacifist group in the house of com- mons, started yesterday a debate on the question of peace by agreement by m owing the following resolutions That this house desires that the governme ent will lose no diplomatic opportunity to settle the problems of the war by agreement, and that to that end it expresses it's opinion that secret treaties with allied governments should be revised, since, in thelr pres ent form, they are inconsistent with the object for which the country en- tered the war and are. therefore, d barrier to a democratic peace.'
 The motion was negatived without division.
 In moving his resolution, Mir. Nor rell said that the people were anxious about the progress of events and en- titled to a restatement by the govern- nlent of it's war aims and it's opinion as to the prospects of achieving them. He charged that statements made in behalf of the Allies bolstered up 'kaiserism.' He asserted that there was passionate desire for peace tn Germany, if it could be got with se- curity, but that the Germans be- lieved that the Allies were Unwilling to listen to reasonable terms, and that only by supporting the emperor and the military party could they obtain the peace they desired
 MT. Morrell said that in June tho British casualties averaged 70 killed every day, and that for the five months from January to the beginning of June, the British losses in killed alone were 10000, while the wounded and missing numbered 3oo,0O0.
 Philip SnoWden, socialist, in sup porting the resolution. asked MT. Bal four, secretary for foreign affairs, to define what he meant by peace of fensive.' He agreed with MT. Nor re1l that nothing like a stable peace could be obtained until secret treaties were denounced
 BaIfour's Reply.
 MT. Balfour began his reply by ex- blaming that by peace offensive he meant any effort, by speech or other wise, under the guise of seeking an honorable termination of the present war. to divide the Allies and discour- age individual members of the allt- ance.
 Replying to Mir Snowden's conten-
 
 about Germany's desire to dominat te l the world in the early stages of the 1 war, MT. Balfour said that the British, l IS a nation. had been slow to believe 1 hat other nations could be animated ] oy motives so widely separated from 1 he motives which moved their own people
 But it was a fact that Germany was her aim of universal domi- nation with persistent and elaborate are and foresight and with a ruth ess, coldblooded determination which eft Napoleonic tradition far behind.
 "Is this case where a sober his brian would ever see the basis of a possible peace?" asked MT. Balfour. Is there any evidence whatever that suggestion like the Austrian em- 'eror's letter or any similar suggestion vas made with a view to obtaining the 1 ort of peace which even MT. Snow- en would regard as a reasonable eace, carrying with it some prospect f security for the future liberties of he world? We never rejected pro- osals which we thought had the lightest probability of producing such peace, and there is no evidence what yer that the German government has yer been serious in making such 1 eace offers.'