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Show BLOCKADE PLAYS SECONDARY PART, SAYS LORD CECIL LONDON", Dec. 1. 6:30 p. m. "The war must be fought to a military conclusion con-clusion on the west and eat fronts, with the blockade jdayi ng only a secondary sec-ondary part, ' ' said Lord Kobert Cecil, minister of war trade, in discussing with the Associated Press today the latest developments in the world conflict. "The condition of Rumania," Lord Robert continued, "causes us grave regret. re-gret. But there is no reason to suppose sup-pose that the operations there will affect af-fect the result of the vrar, which must be fought out on the main fronts. The conditions undor which we will accept peace overtures remain the same as outlined several months ago." Asked concerning the origin of the allegation in the Morning Post editorial edi-torial that Germany had offered the entente en-tente j lowers generous peace terms in return for a free hand in Central and South America, Lord Robert said: Of course, it is well known that Germany had very definite ambitions ambi-tions in Central and South America Amer-ica oven before the war, but I nin unaware of any peace having been offered us on the terms mentioned by the Morning Post. We have no i knowledge that such overtures j ever had been made here. |