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Show GHI EU1 CONFERSWITH BRYAW Diplomatic Circles Believe That Meeting Has to Do With Peace WASHINGTON O The call of Cou t on Bernsto ft the German em bassador at the state department to das wlere he conferred for alf an hour u th Sec etary B yan aroused much specu at on n d plomat c circ es here to n g as to the poss b ty tha furt e effo ts had been set n mo on by the adm n strat on ind rect y at east to br ng about peace in Europe It s known that the d p omat made a spec al tr p from Ne v York n response to a te egraph o request sent by M Bran. He eft the secretary s room burdened w th cop es of peace comm s son trea ea negot ated by Mr Brjan w th arious countries and s unders ood to have been asked o forward these p ompt y to Ber n The treat es are typ ca of a t e peace conven ons upon wh c Mr Brian has been at work a though they d ffer somewhat in deta 1 There vas eve y reason to be eve that the confe ence was conf ned ent re y to a d bcuss on of these a ous treat es and hat the European war was men loned on y in pass ng f at a It was egarded ere as s n t cant however that Secre ary B yah shou d undertake negot atlons ook ng to the nc uslon of Germany among the nat ons with wl om the Un ed States has made peace conven t ons at th s t me when tnat country Is engaged in var Such a treaty would con m t the Ge man government to a recogn t on of the propr etv and reason ab eness of dea ng w tn international ssues by peaceful means t was ,po n ed out and the suggest on was not ackini, tonight that an under ying n otive for the adm nistration s effort m ght be the desire o smooth the way at this mo ment for the conference that must In the end terminate the war In Europe Nego at ons of a s ml ar nature a eady have been opened v. tl Japan It was a gued here ton ht tbat shou d both Japan and Germany s gn peace reat es w th the United S ates jo n ng the g ea a ray of powers a ready bound by such agreements the way wou d be opened for the next step an inv tat o to t ese powe s to regard, peace treat es or gina y nego ated between each of them and the Un ed S ates as b nd ng upon t em gen e all w th respect to each other A hough th s p oject can be egarded as yet as sea ce y hav ng passed the stage of specu at on negotiat ons w Ge many and Japan w be watched by off c a s here w th closest interest be cause of the r poss b e bearing upon the broader questions of the restora on of peace in Europe and the extension of the peace treaty p an to the relat ons of all nations with each other |