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Show DIPLOMATS DEPART. Ambassador Francis and the Chinese and Japanese diplomats who have remained re-mained at their posts in Petrograd, watching the course of events, are probably prob-ably on their road to Vladivostok, owing ow-ing to the fact that the German troops are fast approaching the Russian capital. capi-tal. In his dispatch to the state department de-partment Ambassador Francis did not state where the other allied diplomats intended to go, and it may be possible a ship is waiting for them at New Archangel. Arch-angel. But that ocean route is very dangerous, dan-gerous, and the representatives of Great Britain, France and Italy might encounter encoun-ter some difficulty in reaching the northern port. As the Germans may also take Moscow, the Americans in that city are being moved about 500 miles inland, where it is supposed they will be safe for the present. With the departure of the diplomats from Petrograd Petro-grad goes the last glimmering hope that the present rulers of Russia can be influenced in-fluenced by reason to save their country coun-try from the Germans. It is all over with the allies for the present in that part of the world, and we shall not worry if the Muscovites are enslaved by the Teutons, save and except how the outcome of the war will be affected by siea action. Soldiers who will not fight and workmen who will not work are no better than oxen, and the yoke' is good enough for them. The kaiser has played his cards well and is master of a large portion of enemy territory. But the end is not yet. |