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[[red underlined]] any doubt that the Huns begin to see their game is up and that the Americans for which they had so [[/red underlined]] much contempt have sent them an army which is insuring their defeat. I feel that [[red underlined]] peace is near. Perhaps before the end of 1918. [[/red underlined]] we may see [[red underlined]] George [[/red underlined]] back here. 
Yet the general feeling is that the Germans and more particularly their Government [[red underlined]] cannot be trusted [[/red underlined]] Treachery and dishonor is their record. [[red underlined]] Brest-Livosk [[/red underlined]] and their [[red underlined]] Russian "peace" [[/red underlined]] is too recent to be easily overlooked. So the general attitude here and with the Allies is [[red underlined]] beware and keep on fighting. Unconditional surrender same as Bulgaria seems the  only safe measure. [[/red underlined]]
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The Peace proposal repeat several times the words [[red underlined]] "German Government" instead of "Imperial German Government". [[/red underlined]] I should not wonder if they already had brushed ^[[aside]] their humbug fanatic the [[red underlined]] Kaiser. A  revolution [[/red underlined]] under present conditions when the people see how they have been duped [[red underlined]] seems almost unavoidable. [[/red underlined]] Russian events have shown that [[red underlined]] once when revolutions start they may proceed swiftly in far-reaching results. [[/red underlined]] 
What will the next days bring us? Will [[red underlined]] George [[/red underlined]] be able to pull thru in the dangerous task assigned to him, [[red underlined]] before this war is over? [[/red underlined]] Cornelia [[red underlined]] is here today. [[/red underlined]] Lovely mild weather everything so quiet and beautiful! We sent a cablegram of greetings to [[red underlined]] George [[/red underlined]] announcing also that Nina will get a post in the Navy, as 

Transcription Notes:
Dr. Baekeland may be referring to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, signed on March 3, 1918, between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, keeping Russia out of the conflict.