GERMAN AFFAIRS
ERZBERGER'S POLIOS" DEFENDED. CONSERVATIVES DENOUNCED. COPENHAGEN, July 26. Herr Erzberger, defending himself in the National Assembly against Ms past policy, said that Germany had been kept in ignorance of England's adoption of conscription, also as to the effects of the blockade and the German submarine campaign, which brought America into the war._ For four years Germany was under a military dictatorship. _ Erzberger detailed the Pope's suggestions for peace in 1917, which would have paved the way for negotiations. The Pope had especially inquired for a declaration by Germany of Belgium's independence and reparation. Erzberger implied that England was willing, but the then Chancellor (Dr Michaelis) gave an ambiguous reply. _ This statement roused the Conservatives, and Erzberger declared that they "were the cause_ of the prolongation of the war. The Socialists' added to the storm by shooting that the Conservatives were murderers.—A- and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17692, 1 August 1919, Page 5
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