The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-12-07
Said to Exist with Possibility
of Germany Concluding
Peace with Slavs

London, England.=A sitiuation q
tremendous import to the Allies eX
ISIS IN Russia and there appears to
be strong evidence in the veiled hint.
contained in carefully censored dis
patches from Petrograd that the czars
| government has been on the verge Of
concluding separate peace with the
Central powers. A strong hint of this
Is contained in an Amsterdam dis
patch printed below about glad It'd
ings" promised to the German people
before Christmas.
Additional evidence to support that
belief is found in the dispatch quot
ing Premier Trepotf, who found it
necessary to reiterate the promise of
the Entente that Russia should have
Constantnople and the Gallipoli
straits as her share of the war booty
Without this prize, victory would
mean nothing to Russia.
The German influence always has
been strong at the Russian court and
there is plenty of evidence that, al
most from the beginning of the war,
there has been constant agitation in
favor OF separate peace. 1t is not at
all improbable that the cabinet crisis
in Great Britain has direct connec-
tion with the Russian situation and
there is a strong probability that
Graece's show of resistance to the
Allies is inspired by the knowledge
of Germany's hopes to break the En-
tente by diplomacy
Apparently the Allies are at the
real crisis of the war.
PromiS Germans "Glad Tidings."
London, Mysterious prom
ises are being made to the Ger
mans about glad tidings to be receiv
cd by them before Christmas, accord
ing to an Amsterdam dispatch to the
Daily Mail The dispatch says that
the recent hint of the Bulgarian pre-
mier regarding acceptable news for
the Germanic powers is supported by
a statement by the president of the
Reichstag that that body may meet
earlier than the date arranged. The
Dusseldorf General Anzeiger says
that Colonial Minister Solf stated on
Friday that very gratifying events
We're about to happen and that the
German people would be able to have
a happy Christmas.
Italian Steamer Sunk.
Madrid Spain The Italian steam
ship Palermo, with "a Americans on
board. has been torpedoed Off the
Spanish coast.
One sailor reported to be an Amer
can. was wounded by a shell and died
in hospital at Palafrugell, Spain,
where the survivors were landed.
The others were seriously wounded
by the torpedo.
The Palmero, 9,203 tons gross, sail
cd from New York on November Is
for Genoa and Spezia.
Will Join Greeks.
London, England.-A dispatch to
the Times from Amsterdam quotes
message from Sofia to the effect that
after Bucharest is taken the Central
powers will capture Avlona. Albania,
and join hands with Greece.
To Mobilize Workers.
Amsterdam. Netherlands. -CNia
Londonl Premier Radoslavoff of
Bulgaria has announced that Sofia
will follow the example of her allies
and mobilize for the production of
munitions, according to Sofia dis
patch to Berlin.
Cerna Drive Fails.
Sofia, Bulgaria (Nia London) -.
The repulse of Allied attacks in the
Maglenica valley, east of the Cerna
sgion on the Macedonian front. is
reported in an official statement is
sued bv the war office today. In
Wallachia the troops of the Central
powers defeated the Rumanians on
the Argechu river, the statement
says.
French Claims Gains.
Paris. France Further progress
was made by the Franco-Serbian for
:. i'm the Macedonian sector, the war
office announces. Artillery engage
ments are in progress north OF Mon
astir.
Report I.ull In West.
London. England Following is
the official report from the Franco
Belgian front today:
aside from intermittent shelling
in the Ancre area. there was hothlhg
to report last evening"
Favor Annexation.
Amsterdam. Netherlands (via
London)-A Berlin dispatch says the
war aims of the German radicals are
act forth by Prof. Karl Dormann,
leader of the radical party in the
Reichstag. as follows:
I'VE do not reject annexation of
our rulers believe it necessary from
the military or economic point of
view. We cannot permit the Entente
TO declare an economic war against
us when peace comes. We must get
back all our colonies"
Allies "Peace Blind?"