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We have alluded elsewhere to the suggestion that Germany has

now a double objective, Petrograd in the north and Kiev in the south—invasion with a vengeance if the rumour is true. We of course greatly hope that a scheme so rash will be attempted by the Germans, though we still find it difficult to believe in it. It should be noted, however, that a German " wireless " states that the directors of the famous Hermitage Picture Gallery at Petrograd have already begun to pack up their priceless treasures—including the pictures originally collected by our Charles I.—and despatch them to Moscow.

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