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Show BRYAN DENIES STORY. Declares England Did Not Oppose Ship Purchase Plan. Washington. Diplomatic phases of the proposed purchase of ships by the United States government were widely wide-ly discussed Saturday as the result of the publication of a report that Sir Edward Grey had informed the state department that such purposes, if including in-cluding German or Austrian ships, would be regarded as constituting an unneutral act. It was stated positively at the state department, as well as the British embassy, em-bassy, that no communication, official or otherwise, on the subject, had been received from Sir Edward. Not only has the American government not asked nor received the formal views of Great Britain, but no expressions of an official character have come from either Russia or France. |