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sive by which he (Mr. Balfour) precure and worse wire and would be ridtory for crane and i mount peace proposals by a partyustification of renewed erine in the no desinng, peace, but desiring to future. It was urlaste discus divide their opponents He thought details of peace' termi Fresant. "As the MClemencen, in publshing the raice of the guns drow

ide was becoming.plainer Emperor Karl a letter denit effect The duty of the Allied Prom was to tively with these cynical, nothode show our enemies that not only.fc

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