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Show SCAPEGOAT IS SOUGHT Russia May Back Out of Agreement, Blaming Bcnckcndorff. : LONDON, Nov. '17. The Dally Telegraph's Tele-graph's St. Petersburg correspondent who throughout, has taken somewhat alarmist alarm-ist views regarding the outcome of the North sea dispute, in a telegram printed this morning asserts that the admiralty has gained an ascendancy which compels the foreign office to repudiate its agreement agree-ment with Great Britain and that Count Benkcendorff, Russian Embassador, to Great Britain.' will be made the scapegoat scape-goat and probably will be recalled. Meantime, Mean-time, he adds, the negotiations are at a standstill and the matter will be referred to the Emperor. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company com-pany from St. Petersburg, however, confirms con-firms the Associated Press dispatches to the effect that Russia does not desire in any way to recede from the basis of the agreement, but proposes a modification of the language submitted In the British text, and the Dally Telegraph Itself, In an editorial. Is inclined to hope that reference ref-erence to the matter to the Emperor gives promise of a satisfactory settlement settle-ment of the matter. The paper concludes by saying that It "cannot believe the Cxar will treat thus lightly the word of Russia pledged In his name." |