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Show DOES NOT LOOK FOR PEACE YET AWHILE By International News Service. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Count von Bernatorff, the German embassador, does not look for an early end of tlie war as a result of the proposals of peace that i are said to have been made in various quarters. Replying to several newspaper men at the Ritz Carlton today, who asked him regarding the present status of the peace movement, the embassador replied: "The movement is still going on, but you can rest assured that the war will go on for some time to come." Count von Bernstorff said he did not want to be understood an making any official announcement regarding peace negotiations, ne-gotiations, as he was not a party to such, if any had been entered into. His references refer-ences to the peace movement, he explained, ex-plained, were to the general expressions regarding peace. "Everybody I meet," he said, "talks peace to me, but as to any official action ac-tion having been taken 1 know nothing of it" The embassador denied the rumors that his government had made any reply to peace proposals through the embassy. "I am quite out of touch yes, absolutely absolute-ly out of touch with Berlin," he said. "If any reply has come from Germany, you must ask your own government." Asked about the charges made by the Belgian commission as to alleged German atrocities. Count von Bernstorff replied: "There is not a word of truth in them. I notified your government at Washington. Washing-ton. I 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 tlie Belgian charges in view of the fact that he was out of communication with his government. He relied largely, he said, on those American newspaper correspondents correspond-ents who had denied the stories of the Belgians. Tlie embassador said he was pleased with President Wilson's answer to the kaiser regarding the charges that dumdum dum-dum bullets had been used by the French and Belgian troops. |