X.?L/S Bugrzst 4th. f 9 z DORT1 f.m1 A!,

hs thsS the Brf%2eh aze: ?rerelgr ecZLng in self-kfencc, % k t tWy

neoeoszry %n %he interest il3 4ihe ~ 1 f ~ ; s e si %e Pr1 ~h people .+a

r c i a é the lesue Ea di1 ~t f;ke ~ s e e n t Watt<*

It 'le a b t stmy t o rnezestlmte the %qxxtimce d - e - rom-

.goLng etatament, ZxltB bcmae of ac; smr-ce Zrozi wkleb 3% amies-

% m e fn ev-ry p=rticulrit, e n d t l i i o fis s f ~ c t - w : ~ i a h 1 feef. it q r

duty to br-7 t o the notlce of the B p m e n t , as furofbly iaad

uao,quiooc;3Xy a poasl'trle.

Ye, f i e Penn;lnent Deleg~tloh at ~eneva, better t h the .

e. position t o estimate rorld polîtioe.1 epin%on \ry reagm of our

oo#wnubuar con% wt, nat raerely tsith the Frim Xlnlsfere aad

crormre t o Goneva &11 f hs yeas round beoause of %h8ir inferest ln

a 3 u o t one, th9ugh I ars oaly expressing rr perarrnal aphnian,

f t FR one fxûm rrhich 1 t ! ~ i n k If s d e t o K.$? that the Psrmanernt; Z'

Reprosent~tive u i l l not b~ found t a dissent, nn6,is one %ha*

has been famed aa ta's xesult of pereonal cmtaots end oumer-

u-Be hm not kaen made of the vzrious ep3noiea an6 uhaxmels O$

prop~gwri&@ avrAillibZq t o enable the Irish crase to b~ put befora

interaatlont-f. ~ i > i n i ~ n in ûuch ~r WEY ae t a pli? it in a posltiaa

to:oornpete rlth the ngqpaï. laerti< of public cp%nlon tuid r i t h

the E1iti6h version m t i v e l y disslimixkted by British cnd other

press ak,euv*var Lt m;;y nat bct aut of place in f b i s uomecrtian

t o refer to tiie immense prop;-sadiet aot iv l t ies w2;fch the

ba;;mese h ~ v e :aune it necessLTy to undert~ke %a eupport thegr

str+>n$ ;r~ in t:;ncl1*3riu. 1 c i t e the Japweae o s e adv3aedl.y

r-..thér th= the Jhineticl UT the i&riiinîc;ns or the Cemtins, beawae

o f t h e strikîng f ~ o t t h t t a country as polxerful as ~rrp& Boes *

nst fet;l ÎTCE t~ di~aenc;e nritkr prop-ymda Qtl a g i g a t i ~ 60d6

,.E< of z.. SE &.b3~'. I;.J c : ~ - r ~ c t e r . X 'f,:vr bvr"ore ne t=t W ~ l a

m 3 r t n t E Ion:= ;;, .il aille",in :+: k-.ncli ' ' y - 1 irih by une of the naet

amprtr*n* i3ai i t ;b~z-y r n ~ ~ a w r o uii 'bpts ' ~ z r y f i s i c r z s w T d ~ ~ , - + r f m r + & + J ~

M e m e n t aonferenoe, in rhich the n i t e r devotes himpclf

* x o l e ~ d y * t=po6d of the r@Ilg2m bss ig of üis Japmuae

iail%bry aaohLne. I f , thni. the J&peneee ornisi& tLme aad pcme J

mlll sprrnt in sq2a ia fng their -*&%Ber rrur%oua t bo logy t a

is suffer&ag abroad bosusc of the lmk of ooourcte knotoh3ge

a i the Matdry snd natuze ai %Be psciraent Anp;18-Xrish gispute.

AR TOU hra awm8, the Delegetf on hdre bas oalp rswh infoxmation

et % t e dtapoaal ars n P g be abtanet4 from the pubXished note8

exohsnged by th8 tPBO 00tgx-nmatt3 LID& fxom 4ihe PIY?BB.

Horeorer, we h5.w b e n givm au m-&date t a angqe un

propsgands QT the dts&mfaatlon of laioraiatlon, off ioially or

trnoffioldîy, in ~omecrtion sstth t u s matter. The?@ hm, of

coluse, b e n no laek of iappc>xtmi$y Burina: the pmt fsa ra~nths,

nhen aoery fpr$i~rrt Eltatesmm or Mplotliat in the mrltf

~gqwrtunfty. O Q ~ enxoh -PFbtcamantion %,a the ftl,.eUm. Xndeed, %m.

Xartiate e t ~ t l a l s , whlch foras %he siiubjectt of thia misute, mulO

provide a periteot opprturrity for a 'oaxefully p a . r p e d affîoiaf,

e-ad of fne ~rish oma t o IH sent trom ti'iI.8 ~ f f % c e if ft wae

thcrugW UesirsLbXs f o do ro,

My purpose in sending thâe b o m ~ e r t t o n lm,-hommes,

qsarely t o tncîemaur t o foous lrttentian sa a wtter ahlcth

appears t a me 4n be re-arting unf~.paurablp t o the Statie, and

ln partieula t o eugge~t in aomection d t h the wvrk of prepers-

tion for the bsamblp, t h ~ t a sminber of pmmets Sn thzee or

four I?xk@uges 8houl6 be prepared, sett lng out the f rlsh oaLple

b t h in c p?uf:sle ;aA jr)\mzIf~tic way, GC ne11 r s in 871 its

I b o w thet the p c e ù m e I am ;8nggeeting is not

musuéil fB m~dexn dSJjrmtltic praoticses beow~e of the faof

%ha% OUT o m Off ioe is r e w a r l y inmràst;ef!i wi$b propqmdo.

cf tais kind. Ro doubt I,n isoec oases the pTos~)ti$g Gave-tes

hand dosa i i ~ t rlwayiys eypecr, nor i a tf neoeesary that it should

<Icpt;in Henry Rarriaon*~ panphlet on the Land Bnnultier, ~Ydch

has recently eoae to ny notloe. As rn imptrtial md, indeed,

sven hostile ritnees, such teetfmny es hl6 VUIZI~ c ç r r y o

g306 defil of ireight abmrC, tho~gb of COU~OG the bOvemaentas

O= o ~ ~ ~ c I G I ststements m e $he ben* propagallb.

If it c e r e no% zar fezr ef exces&in- my hmetlons - and I h o p It ~ 1 1 3 xot be felt thôt I hevc done so alzeody - I

coul6 %nrliac,te to the T]ez~zr%rne?n% in éleitedl the e z ~ c t -%ter%

in r~kîoh IDxr~peen opinion 1s E.?, f&t ar in doub* in xcgilrA Q

the Irlsh c m ~ , snb hoz there irlstebes and doubte, ni@% be

cûrrcctsd. I iroulO, moreover, be.veprrsd t o ai-&e speoillo

s&ygest%on~ in reg;rC tu the rcricu. apncies of-propc&..nde

:A%-~ilslb3e mc3 in ~ e ~ ; s r c ? t o "tic lines whioh suoh psopzfpaaa

phoule %:.lm, not of co~rse froa tha p l l t i c t l angle, but friilb

the sigle of pxpeCLency, oZ nhldh our exwrlenae in Owera

hae e ~ e n the p ~ r m a o n t deleg~tion specl91. loiosle&p. *, b

79 1: ' 4 c o q

for Fayreeent~tive.