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His eyes wandered over the broken-backed books some were indeed 'dictionaries in distress. He noted a Russo-German and a German-English. Then the sounds of frying penetrated more keenly to his brain. 'You are the cook of the restaurant? he inquired. 'Restaurant! echoed the woman resentfully. 'Have I not enough cooking to do for my own family? And where shall I find money to keep a restaurant?
Letter from Lord Merrow, report from Sir Charles Hardy, memorandum from Belgrade, note on the Russo-German grain taxes, letter from Madrid, note from Lord Flowers good heavens! what is this? Lord Bellinger! Lord Bellinger!" The Premier snatched the blue envelope from his hand. "Yes, it is it and the letter is intact. Hope, I congratulate you." "Thank you! Thank you! What a weight from my heart.
Throughout this period the Russo-German lines in the Dvina-Vilia sector remained practically unchanged, although, of course, minor readjustments took place here and there.
Petersburg and presented at midnight to the Russian Government. The latter was requested to cancel all mobilization orders within twelve hours, or war would ensue. Simultaneously the French Government was asked what its attitude would be in case of a Russo-German war.
The three Emperors met for friendly intercourse in 1881, 1884, and 1885; and at or after the meeting of 1884, a Russo-German agreement was formed, by which the two Powers promised to observe a friendly neutrality in case either was attacked by a third Power.
Two years more and the negotiations on this burning topic would have been inaugurated, and there is little doubt in my mind there was none in the mind of the late Count Witte that the upshot of these conversations would have been a Russo-German war.
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