On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Alastair Wilson
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> In the 'Extracts' for 1897, on 20 December 1897. the 'Extract' reads:
> "R. does some verses on the latest insanity of the German Emperor."
> Can someone please suggest what those verses may have been?
"The Truce of the Bear" was published in 1898. I'd always assumed
that was a warning against *Britain's* attempts to negotiate with
Russia, but Germany was certainly negotiating with Russia at that time
(over Turkey).
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Meredith Dixon <[log in to unmask]>
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