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Show PARLEYS BILE AT RESENT III ident Wilson Decides to jndon His Second Ef-!t Ef-!t but Will Try Again flt First Opportunity. - i R is NOT LIKELY 0 END IN A "DRAW" l omats Consider That til One Side or Other Victorious, Mediation Will Be Useless. national Xews Service iHlNOTON', Sept. IS. President , t0day decided to definitely aban-(b aban-(b second effort to bring peace to . and will await a more opportune then a third suggestion of media-111 media-111 be pressed. This will not be un-iS un-iS a material change in the for-of for-of either the allies or Germans in ir. (president's decision was reached the unsatisfactory nature of Ger- 1 repiy to the informal discussion ce plans through Embassador Ger-U Ger-U second, on the extremely uncom-L uncom-L attitude of the British, French Scssian governments as expressed trough their embassies In Washlng-U Washlng-U their diplomatic officers abroad, (allies have not thought of -peace ( not intend to until the ends they L?n forced to seek have been ac-i:etl," ac-i:etl," was the grim comment of the veteran diplomats of the alters al-ters tpday. This determined opln-j opln-j been conveyed to President Wil-i Wil-i informal communications from J Britain, Russia and France, and td him that persistence In his peace jfor the present would be ill timed tlht meet with a rebuff that would j later good offices by the United I difficult and embarrassing. f stated on the highest authority h the White house and state de-ent de-ent that the formal reply to the (nt forwarded by the German gov-at gov-at through Embassador Gerard con-1 con-1 no Intimation that the LTnited might sound the allies on peace jtons and that it did not name any Hons under which the president fee! Justified in further pressing the pt movement for peace, 'l formal message reached the state intent on Wednesday and It is re-i re-i here as significant that Secretary i Immediately afterward left Wash-1 Wash-1 for several days' vacation. It is Itood that he found the general fk ho discouraging to present ef-Itat ef-Itat he decided to leave for a rest halt a time when the situation In e becomes more clarified ps in Ignorance. (blute ignorance of the informal exit ex-it "f communications between Presi-'Rilson Presi-'Rilson and the German chancellor Walncd at the embassies of the al-, al-, I Washington. Xo Information of ft'ire whatever has been received bv (Mr Cecil Spring-Rice, the British "lor, or Jules Jusserand, at the f fmbassy. ( jj very last word I had concerning 'ie ueare move was on September f I transmitted to Secretary of IHrynn the reply of my government t in'iuii'v of the state department M Great Britain wanted peace." said Sir i Veil. "Since that time I have hiul absolutely no com nuinica t ion of anv kind reardim,- pio-slhlo peace, either from my own government or from vcur state department." At the French embassy practicallv the same information was ivcu In reply to questions concerning pace negotiations. The embassador said that his statement to the interna t tonal Newn Service lust night still answered any question put to him on that subject. Unwarranted View. Unofririally. it is stated in diplomatic circles that the message of the GerniRn chancellor to President "Wilson in reply to the latter's peace messRgo delivered throuRh Knibassador Gerard docs not warrant the interpretation placed upon It by the press and It is not conceivable that Germany should suggest, openly or by Inference, that a statement of terms of peace from the other belligerents would be received with favor by the kaiser. Nowhere in diplomatic circles is the hope expressed that the exchange of messages mes-sages between the president and the German Ger-man government would be fruitful of peace, now or at any lime in the immediate imme-diate future. This pessimistic view is baned primarily upon the belief of both sides that the longer peace is deferred the more advantageous will be a settlement dictated by the victor. H is freely stated that the war will not be a "draw," and that one Bide or the other must obtain a decided advantage before intervention will be possible. French Com-ient. BORDEAUX. Sept. IS. 7:55 p. m. The reported project of mediation by the United States among the warring1 nations has elicited much public and newspaper comment here. Referring to a dispatch emanating from Berlin, accord intr to which a conference to fix the basis of peace already has been summoned in Washington, the fTemps says: "Germans, who are numerous in America, Amer-ica, perhaps thought to render a service to their empiro by stirring up opinion, but American opinion, like that of the English or the opinion of any other impartial im-partial country, sees through this game and has already given its verdict. "There is a disaster greater than war. A. hasty, deceptive peace would give onlv a breathing space, which would enable German militarism to prepare its revenge re-venge and a war worse than the present." pres-ent." Denied by Austria. ROME, via Paris, Sept. IS, 7:40 p. m. An Austrian official denial from Vienna that any initiative toward peace has been taken by Austria is causing much comment com-ment here, because it contains no assurance assur-ance that peace would be concluded together to-gether with Germany. The Austro-Ger-man treaty originally contained a clause specifying that the two countries should act reciprocally. |