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camp and against the Chinese - not
that I approve at all of what Japan
has done - but I am convinced that
Russia is at the bottom of everything
in China - as usual - also I always was
in favour of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
I think you will do well to steer clear
of the Windsors. The lady is more than
ever unpopular in high circles here - and
as the Duke himself insists on her being given
Royal rank - it makes matters still more
difficult. Madame Dupuy who is here from
Paris for a few days told me that no one
knows what to do - when the lady