To the Sir,—One point in the discussion on the China situation in the Houxe of Lords the other day has not been emphasized:
The Earl of Bulfour express ed indignation at the flood of absolutely unfounded calumny poured out upon the British with regard to the industrial conditions China, perhaps from ignorance 1 prejudice but, he feared, also from deeper projects intended not to help the Chinese but to injure the British.
British statesmen are not in the habit of making utter not founded on facts. The Earl of Balfour must have had very definite formation to have given expression in strain; and the question, naturally arises, who is "the niguer in the wood pile?"
Tam, ote, Eves Orrw
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