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I wish that Lord Roberts could lay
his hand on that active De Wet
and Botha too. If they were not
such forsworn hypocrites one could
find it in one's heart to sympathize
with their dogged pertinacity.

As it is one can only pray for a
speedy extinction of their power.

As I read the Times regularly
I see all that is worth reading
about them. As for the Chinese
confusion one can see at present
no wholesome end to it. I hope
however that the subtle designs
of Russia will not (as they usually do)
profit by the imbroglio, and that
if Korea is to be seized by any one
that one may be the Japanese Emperor,
the most effective counterpoise
to Russian aggression in the North
Pacific. The way in which the