Show GERMANY MAKES I II I PEACE OVERTURES WOULD OPEN DISCUSSION IN ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT WAR WITH UNITED STATES It Is Not Understood That German Government Has Proposed Any Modification of Its Its Ruthless Submarine Campaign is understood understood understood under under- It Washington It generally stood here that Germany has taken steps to open a discussion with the tho United States of ot means m-eans to prevent war the two countries In seeking an exchange of views on the subject however It Is not understood understood under under- stood that the Berlin government has bas proposed any ay modification of its ruthless ruthless ruthless ruth ruth- less submarine campaign and officials officials officials' here say they cannot enter upon such discussion while vessels continue to tobe tobe tobe be d destroyed In violation or International international na law The new move Is understood to be predicated upon a willingness on Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's part to discuss especially the safeguarding of American ships and American lives on the seas and backed by a renewed expression of the desire of ot the German government to prevent the diplomatic breach from leading to actual hostilities Just how American Am interests are to be safeguarded If It the German war zone proclamation is to stand however and whether any chile means of preserving peace between between be be- tween the two nations nations' is Included d In Inthe Inthe inthe the communication has not been re re- re- re Because of the delicacy of or the situation situation situ situ- in fact all officials refuse to discuss it in de detail aft or even to Indicate indicate Indi indi- cate through what channels the communication communication com corn was addressed to the American American American Amer Amer- ican government What may be the ulterior motive back of the step also is a matter of ot speculation In some quarters there is evidently a feeling it is merely a play f for r time designed to p postpone any further action by the United States until the starvation blockade against England either has succeeded or failed Elsewhere there are suggestions suggestions sug sug- that there here may be behind it ita ita ita a sincere desire to make sacrifices to preserve peace between the United States and Germany and may come as a response to the appeals understood understood understood under under- stood to have been sent sent abroad by pacifists in this country co |