Edinburgh, Nov. 11.
Mr, Baldwin's Rectorial address to the students of El University on "Truth in Pol was in itself, by the very fact of its delivery, a sign that the habit of truthfulness is more sedulously cultivated now than ever before.
common knowledge that Giplomatists in the past have not always followed truth—have, fact, sometimes deliberately lied.
Ts truth always a safe mistr in international dealings, arm there be a prosperous lie? Ear Ler centuries had little of our distaste of untruthfulness, A cynical attitude has sometimes been taken up, it being argued that if 2 diplomatist tells the naked tenth the chances are he will not be be-Heved. "The first. Earl Grey. up-dread. the common rule. of veracity in ordinary life, but did not it could be applied rigidly in ternational" dealings. Malmesbury, fon the other hand thought no occasion in. diplomacy' called for a lie, Opinion on this subject is now generally in favour of veracity, but what if one party
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