Show I ERZBERGER'S PEACE TALK REPUDIATED CLERICAL PARTY LEADERS LEADERS' VIEWS EVIDENTLY NOT THOSE OF IM IMPERIAL L GOVERNMENT NT Declared That if He Could Talk With Lloyd-George Lloyd or Balfour They Could Reach Understanding Which 5 S Would End War Berlin i Thc n. The Gorman German a nih official woldIS world wo Is is' apparently o J not t Inclined 1 to share har the time optimism which S I berger tir er clerical party laity l leader lelder I I exhibited in time the recent Interview he lie g- g gave n in Zurich am and which hUl burst t in in upon Berlin on onton onon ton Mon onda da day When Then a press l' l representative II e Inq Inquired In In- q tirl whether Herr berger's Er presence presence pres pre ence in Switzerland and his announced ambition to sit at a table opposite Premier Pre Ire mier Lloyd Lloyl George mOL for the purpose of arranging a n peace pence conference nce reflected reflect reflect- ed the time sentiments or 91 time tIle authority of oC the German government O the time foreign office replied that Herr was wa's traveling and talking in u a lU private lUnte ca cn- Herr Erzberger is if reported to have declared to the tile that if he lie could talk with Ilo Lloyd d dGeorge George the time British premier or M Mr Balfour British foreign secretary we could In a few hours bours reach an understanding understanding understanding under under- standing which would enable official peace negotiations to commence After this Interview interview- herr ger gel cannot longer be taken seriously sa says s 's the time Cologne Gazette However for th the sake sale of the time public Interest we would urgently request him to dIscontinue discontinue discon dIscon- plu playing lug the thu role of providence to the German German In its review of the tl third year of the time world war wal the points out that the armies o of Germany nut and Ulal her allies have conque conquered ed more than thun half hulf halfa I Ia a million square kilometers of entente territory and asserts that the military strength of the central powers Instead of decreasing has increased while hile that of France has visibly diminished The Time newspaper ne' says sars the time German people Jilts has plainly announced its readiness for peace and und expresses s the tile common com common com com- mon sense and u a sincere desire for the c cessation of hostilities will assert themselves themselves' in the ranks milks of S Sud ud adversaries |