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Show Rupture a Pretext. That Germany is going to assume this burden is indicated by news received in official quarters here today that Germany has broken off negotiations with Russia because of the insistence of the Russian dflesntes that the meetings be transferred trans-ferred to Stockholm or some other neutral city. This cause for the rupture of the negotiations is regarded as a mere pretext. pre-text. Were Germany ready to proceed in the path indicated by Lloyd George, it is pointed out. she would gladly have the negotiations removed to some point where they would be more accessible to the entente en-tente allies and to aiiied opinion. |