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<p>[Page 30]</p><p>from declaring war on Germany. The former English minister Landsdowne [Lansdowne], who is generally thought to be pro-German, has published an open letter in the Times in which he, if not directly advocating peace, at least recommends to be reasonable. He said Germany had to assume that the Entente wanted to annihilate it and that it was England's duty to declare that this was not the intention. Germany seems to be rather pleased by what it calls an unofficial rapprochement.</p><p>22nd/12/17.<br />Germany and its allies have signed an armistice with the Russian government, which hopefully will soon be followed by a peace agreement. Thus, this war has yielded a first practical result and the joy back in the dear homeland should be great. It means that the Russian "steamroller" is no longer available to the Allies, and hopefully our government is skilful enough to negotiate a peace agreement with the Russian people that will ban once and for all the Russian-Slavonic threat from our borders. Peace negotiations are due to start shortly in Brest-Litovsk,</p>