Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 55

<p>[Page 55]</p><p>term leasing of Romania&#39;s oilfields to Germany and Austria, surely on favourable terms. Negotiations with Greater Russia have resumed and seem to have led to a peace treaty after all, because the first 4 clauses of the alleged compact were published here. All these peace negotiations have been chaired by the new Secretary of State, Mr Kahlmann, who reportedly is very skilful and may well be &quot;the coming man&quot; in Germany.</p><p>The Russian and Romanian peace agreements do seem to bother the English and it is said that England is toying with the idea of deploying a huge Japanese army in Siberia to contest our achievements from there. The Japanese, sly as they are, will not be averse to occupying Siberia, not so much to threaten us than to annex, piece by piece, the whole of Siberia. They have offered to send first 200,000 men to take over the railway lines, followed by another 500,000 men,</p>