VICTORY A CERTAINTY
IGENERAL JOFFRE REVIEWS ; l "'> . SITUATION ; WESTEM (MPAM OCTUNED MORE LIGHT ON DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS ALL READY IN EGYPT . Th» news from both 1 the Eastern and Western theatres of war to- , 3ay records steady progress. In L orraine there are further indications that the Germans are preparing for retreat,-and General Joffre is reported as deolaring of the situation generally that victory is now a matter of mathematics] certainty. A French official review of the' course of the war since the beginning throws further light on certain phases of the campaign. In Italy a statement by the Foreign Minis- ; ter, tihe Marquisdi San Giuliano, establishes beyond all question- that .both Germany and Austria-Hungary thought prior, to the war that Russia could be bluffed and that in any event Great Britain would • refuse to be drawn into .war.-' Italy dissociated herself from this view, and was not further consulted by her' Allies. Germany is'now dispatching one of her most skilful diplomatists, Prince Bulow, in-an effort to influence Italian policy. ' " " —VV- ■ •' ' " ' \-,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2326, 7 December 1914, Page 5
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