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Show REPLIES TO POPE WITHOUT EFFECT IN TH1SGDUNTRY State Department Sees No Reason for Any Alteration in Aims or Intentions of United States. BELATED PORTION OF NOTE GIVEN OUT t British Foreign Office Con- trasts Germany's Words With the Crimes Cbm- mitted During War. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. There ' will be no further discussion of peace at this time by the United States and the entente allies unless it is forced by a fresh appeaj from Pope Benedict. This nas clearly indicated both at the state department and by allied diplomats today after publication of the unofficial texts of the replies of Germany and Austria to the papal appeal. ap-peal. There was nothing unexpected in either response, although the Austrian Aus-trian note aroused some interest because be-cause of its apparent sincerity. Officials believe that, heartened by tho replies of the central powers, the pope will make a fresh attempt to bring the belligerents together at the peace table. If he does, it was indicated that, while his note would receive courteous cour-teous consideration, it would strike no responsive chord unless addressed directly di-rectly to the points involved in President Presi-dent Wilson's reply to the first communication com-munication from the Vatican. Notwithstanding, the apparent sincerity sincer-ity of Austria's reply, some diplomats held the opinion that Germany was re-. re-. sponsible to a large measure for its character. Many government officials, however, appeared to think that Austria's Aus-tria's response was the cry of a government gov-ernment sickened by warfare and perhaps per-haps indicated a growing spirit of reft re-ft volt against German domination. Those who hold that Germany was responsible re-sponsible for Austria's attitude point-!out point-!out that it was not improbable that Germany, herself wearied and weak-l""-cned was using Austria to force further fur-ther the wedga of peace while she re mained in the background to gum su.h i advantage as may come to the one not too eager to yield. |