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Show Conditions in Russia May Force Active Operations in the Middle East. LONDON, July 23. Dispatcrhos from The Hague to tho Daily Mall say German Ger-man newspapers are calling attention to conditions In Itussia and hint that Germany may have to be content to hold tho western front and transfer active operations to the near mlddlo east. The annexationist press has repeatedly repeat-edly referred to the warning of the Turkish ambassador that the war cannot can-not be ended in the west and British must be smitten in her Asiatic empire. The general situation in the west and this much-advertised eastern propaganda pro-paganda form, In the correspondent's opinion, the basis for rumors In Holland Hol-land that the Germans intend to fall back to the Aisne and their old Sommc positions while troops are transferred to tho east but he admits that a solid foundation for the report cannot be discovered, |