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Show Teutons Would Discuss Peace Such Is Interpellation Placed In Some j Quarters on the Pope's Message Washington, Sept. 3. Tho United States will muko no further effort to bring nbout peace in Europo until it has received Information that Its good olIlceH will ho welcomed by both sides In tho conflict. This was statod authoritatively au-thoritatively hero today In official discussion dis-cussion nt tho moBsago from Pope Benedict delivered to Prest. Wilson yesterday by Cardinal Gibbons. From tho fact that tho Vatican Is In closo touch with Austria, tho construction con-struction placed by officials on tho pope's messago Is that tho Germanic powoia would bo wiling to discuss penco at this tlmo. It wns stated by I thoso In closo touch ulth tho admin-j admin-j lstratlou that similar word will havo 1 to bo rccchcd from Groat llrltaln and her ndles beforo tho President will mako any further moo. The pope's messago will not bo mado I ublli- by this govornmont, nltoiigh j there would bo no objection if Cardinal Cardi-nal Gibbons given It out. Enough of1 j the contents of the mesHngo Is known S however, to glvo baUI8 foi Indicating i i hit Austria, Germany and Turkey are e not Ld verso to discussing peace. f Prosldcnt Wilson will contlnuo to I git all Information obtainable thru I -inoiUan diplomatic officers abroad guarding tho attltuOe toward peace Eh j the nations at wur. In Catholic circles here it was re-I re-I i oi t,)d tonight that the popo was hope I ful Hint the United States might mako I an effort to get the warring powers to I slmi an agreement to tntori peace I conference Leading Catholics usually v,i informed regarding uffalra at tho vatkan exprossod belief that tho llnai.dat condition of tho principal i belligerents would forco thorn to con-( con-( Elder peaco proposnls botoro tho open-ij open-ij lng of another winter campaign. President Wilson, Sscrctnry Lans ing Cardinal Gibbons nnd Monslguor William T. ltussell, rector of St. Patrick's Pat-rick's Catholic church horo, the for men with direct knowledge of messago mes-sago sent to tho President of the popo continued today to maintain sllcuco on tho subject. Interest was Bhown in official circles cir-cles in a statement mado by Samuol Gompcrs, president of tho American Federation of Labor In a letter sent yesterday to nn organization known as tho Friends of Peaco, that labor loaders wcro keeping In constant touch with workmen In tho nations at war. Mr. Gompors added that tho American Federation of Labor at tho proper tlmo would do everything pos-slblo pos-slblo to aid in tho accomplishment of peaco. Mr. Gompcrs has seen Prcsl-, Prcsl-, dent Wilson within tho last week, but today ho refused to say whether tho question of peaco had been discussed Ho explained that tho communication received from labor leaders abroad wero naturally of such n confidential character that ho could not mako them public. |