On October 13, he issued his call for the Cabinet to meet, on October 23, for discussion of the " duty of Europe to ask both parties, in the most friendly and conciliatory terms, to agree to a suspension of arms" .

10 月 13 日，他呼吁内阁在 10 月 23 日举行会议，讨论“欧洲有责任以最友好和和解的方式要求双方同意暂停武器”。