§ 48. Mr. KINGasked the Prime Minister whether his statement made on 5th July last, that if the Kaiser and his advisers accept to-morrow the conditions of President Wilson he can have peace not only with America but also with Great Britain 769 and France, holds good as regards the negotiations for an armistice which President Wilson is at present engaged upon?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt is inadvisable to make any statement on this subject whilst negotiations are pending between President Wilson and the German Government.
§ Mr. KINGDoes that imply that the Prime Minister says things one month, repeats them the next, and then runs away from them?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWIt implies exactly what it says, that it is very ill-advisable to discuss such matters at present, and I should have thought that every Member of the House would have recognised that fact.
§ 58. Mr. DILLONasked the Prime Minister when he proposes to make a statement of the peace terms of the British Government in response to the appeal made by President Wilson in his speech of 27th September?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI can add nothing to the previous replies on this subject.
§ Mr. DILLONI submit that no previous reply has been given to any question on these lines. When does the Prime Minister think he can make a statement on the matter?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have already myself given many replies that in the view of the Government this is not the time to discuss a question of this kind.