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Show GREY SAYS PEACE TALK IH0PP0R1UIIE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY DE-CLARES DE-CLARES PARLEYS IMPOSSIBLE AT PRESENT STAGE. Hostilities Have Not Reached Stage Where it is Possible to Talk Peace Reported That von Buelow is on Peace Mission. London. In an impromptu speech in the house of commons Wednesday night on the question of peace and the propriety of "employing the American press as a platform," subjects unexpectedly unex-pectedly raised by Arthur Ponsonby, Liberal member for Stirling, Scotland, in a strong address, attacking the government gov-ernment for allowing diplomatic etiquette eti-quette to stand in the way of peace pourparlers, Sir Edward Grey, the British Brit-ish foreign secretary, set aside all ideas that peace negotiations were possible at the present stage and plainly plain-ly reiterated that the position of the allies in no way "was changed. Sir Edward declared that It was impossible to consider terms of peace without a previous agreement between the entente allies. Further he expressed express-ed the decided opinion that the hostilities hostili-ties had not yet reached a stage where it was possible to talk of peace, especially es-pecially as the German public was constantly con-stantly being "fed with lies" by their ministers. The Exchange Telegraph company says it learns from diplomatic circles that Prince von Buelow, the former German chancellor, is proceeding to Washington, charged by Emperor William Wil-liam with a special mission. A rumor that the prince is to visit the United States as a peace delegate is current in diplomatic circles here. Prince von Buelow, one of the foremost fore-most statesmen of Europe, has been referred to frequently in the last few months ;i the man who might be selected se-lected by Emperor William to conduct preliminary peace negotiations should they be undertaken. |