Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — PEACE DEMANDS STARTLE WORLD [ARTICLE]

PEACE DEMANDS STARTLE WORLD

MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE STARTLES BRITAIN UNEXPECTED OUTBURST. London, No< 30.—The strongest impetus to a renewal of the heated discussions of the rival schools on the war policy of the allies was provoked today from a most unexpected quarter by the publication of a long letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne, strongly pleading for a revision of the allies’ war aims and an attempt to secure peace before “The prolongation of the war leads to the ruin of the civilized world.” The Marquis’ of Lansdown is a typical representative of the old Tory party He was a member of Asquith’s coalition administration and .was secretary for foreign affairs in Lord Salisbury’s and Mr. Balfour’s ministries. He was viceroy of India and gbvernor general of Canada. He was the last public man to be suspected of pacifist tendencies. His le ter gives formal adhesion to President Wilson’s policy of a league of nations to grasp them?” tinder the caption “Lansdowne's Strange Letter” and the sub-head “The Policy of talking t> the Tiger” the bvcnin? papers strongly demure again t i.u>t-downe’s suggestions on th-? ground that Germany’s w. rd can not be trusted in any matter and that an attempt to argue v ; th her would be ft sheet waste of tie. ; On the other . »• -I the . jers hai? the letter as one of In* nnst remarkabie documents that the var has nrodurud. the Star ing the letter as the most formidable attack yet made on the Lloyd George “knockout blow policy.” The matter has created quite a sensation in the lobbies of parliament and, it is understood, will be the subject of discussion in the house at an early date, probably Monday.