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private letter to me - He is
right in much tht he says.
I think Mackenzie King probably
genuinely thinks of Laurier as
a great Imperialist - he became
one, but was far from that when we
started our official life in 1898.
I am off to Hydon. I have
the papers answering your
questions at C. H. T. but am
returning to London next week,
& will send them to you on
Tuesday to Oxford. We were
not appointed to India till Aug 12
1905. St John sent down a messenger
to Minto. Arthur Balfour the P.M
never made the appointment at all!!