Show I ERS ER'S PEACE I TALK REPUDIATED CLERICAL PARTY LEADERS LEADERS' VIEWS EVIDENTLY NOT THOSE OF IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT S S 'S I Declared That if He Could Talk With Lloyd Lloyd George George or Balfour They Could S Reach Understanding Which Would End War Berlin Tle rl The 9 German official worl world 1 Is apparently not hot inclined to share the thc optimism which Mathins Er ber r clerical clem party party- lender r exhibited In the tIme recent interview w he lie gave ave In Zurich am and which burst In In upon Berlin Bern on Monday Mon Mon- day S When ji 11 a press representative tiye Inquired inquired in In- I red whet whether her Hen Hen- I Erzberger's r ers er's pres- pres ence emice I in a Switzerland Switzerland-a m announced ambition to sit t-it at nt a n table opposite Premier Pre Pro mier Lloyd George Gcorge for the he purpose of arranging a n peace reace conference reflected reflect reflect- ed cd time the sentiments sentiment's or the authority of the German government the foreign office replied that Herr Erzberger was traveling und talking in a n pl private ca cn- S Herr Erzberger is reported to have to the that if he could h talk lk with Llo jLloyd d dGeorge George the British premier or Mr Balfour British foreign secretary we could In a few hours reach i.-ench an un understanding understanding under under- standing which w would uld enable official peace pence negotiations negotiations' to commence After this interview inter Herr Jerr n ger gel cannot longer ue Dc lauen lUlen seriously sa says s 's the Cologne Gazette However for the time sake of the time public Interest we would urgently request him him to discontinue discon lIscon- lIscon pla playing ing the rol role of p providence ovi ence to the German Germun people Iti III Its review leview of the time third year of time Ule world war the points ou mu that the armies of Germany and her allies have conquered more than half halfa a n million sq square ale kilometers of entente territory an and ass asserts that the military strength of the time central powers instead of decreasing has Juts increased Increase while that of or France has visibly diminished Tl The e newspaper sn says bays s 's the thc German Germun people has hus plainly Ul announced its reu readiness iness for peace and e expresses presses the hope that common common com com- mon muon sense and a u sincere sincer des desire ire for the ces cessation of hostilities will assert themselves in the ranks of German Germanys Germany's s adversaries S |