New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-18

Petrograd, Sept. 1.-THE following.
which has the appearance of being m
spired in high quarters, appears in the
'BOurse Gazette:
"Our Foreign Office, in full accord
with the governments of our allies, de-
clines to admit any form of negotia-
tions, direct <or otherwise, concerning
the conclusions of peace until the nest
of militarism in Germany has been de-
stroyed, which means until. Prussia
ceases to play a predominant role
among the German states, and until
Great Britain and France are satisfied
in full. Poland is unified, and we attain
the full realization Of our own Russia
and also the general aspirations Of
Slaydom.
Until all this comes tbout the efforts
Of Germany's representatives are lore
doomed to failure"
Count Won BeTnstorff, the German
Ambassador, does not look for an early
end of the war as a result OF the pro-
posals Of peace that are said to have
been made in various quarters. Reply
ing to several newspaper men at tho
Ritz Carlton yesterday, who asked him
regarding the present status Of the
"peace movement" the ambassador re-
piled:
THE movement is still going on, but
YOU can rest assured that the war will
90 on for some time to come.
Count Won Bernstorff said he did not
want to be understood as making any
official announcement regarding peace
negotiations, az he was not a party to
such, il any had been entered into. His
en- ha m a
explained. were to the general express
sions regarding peace.
Everybody | meet" he said, talks
peace to me, blu. as to any official ac-
ton having been taken, known moth
ing of it,"
The ambassador denied the rumors
that his government had made any re-
ply to peace proposals through the
embassy.
81 am quite out Of touch-yes, abso-
!utel.. out of touch with Berlin" he
said. "If any reply has come from Ger
many, you must ask your own govern
ment."
Asked about the charges made by the
Belgian commission as to alleged Ger
man atrocities, Count Won Bernstortf
replied: There is not a word of truth
in them. SO notified your government
at Washington. | cited the statements
of American newspaper correspondents
in support of the denial"
He added that he was unable to make
any detailed statement In answer to
the Belgian charges in view of the fact
that he was out of communication with
his government. lie relied largely, he
said. on those American newspaper cor
respondents who had denied the stories
of the Bolgians.
The ambassador said he was pleased
with President Wilson's answer to the
Kaiser regarding the charges that dunn
dun bullets had been used by the
French and Belgian troops.
Commenting on the statement of Sir
Maurice de Bunsen, the British Am
bassador to Vienna, that Austria was
prepared to settle the dispute with
Servia when Germany declared war ON
Russia and France, Count Won Berns-
torff laid the blame on Russia. Russian
troops, he said, had crossed the Ger.
man frontier at various points.
According TO the White Paper "a
published here" said the ambassador
"Sir Maurice de Bunsen is supposed to
have written this report on September
/, several weeks after he left his most
at Vienna, so evidently the dispatch
was written in London for the purpose
of defending British policy"