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SECRETS OF CREWE HOUSE
garia, the Council has decided that the distribution of propaganda in those countries by military means should cease during the period of the armistice.
"I am to say that, in the event of the conclusion of an armistice with Germany, distribution of propaganda by military means in that country will also cease during the existence of the armistice.
"I am further to inform you that the Commanders-in-Chief in the various theatres of war have been notified in the above sense.
" I am, Sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"The Secretary,
"The British War Mission,
"Crewe House."
On the day following the signing of the Armistice with Germany Lord Northcliffe wrote to the Prime Minister:
"Dear Prime Minister,
"The signing of the last armistice with our enemies has necessarily brought the labours upon which I have been engaged for the past year to a close. The very nature of the armistices them-