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To the Editors of the Crimson:
You doubtless do not desire to open your columns for the discussion of political or controversial questions. I have no such purpose, but as a recent issue of the CRIMSON contains a report of the addresses delivered before the Union by the Boer delegates, on the subject of the South African war, I would recommend through you to the management of the Union, the advisability, in the interest of truth and fair play, of securing some competent speaker to present the other side of the case. If this idea seems, for any reason, to be impracticable, I would suggest that those who listened to Messrs. Muller and van Broekhuizen might find it advantageous, before passing judgment on the subject discussed, to read what Conan Doyle has to say on pages 112-114 of his recent book, "The South African War: Its Cause and Conduct," in regard to Mr. van Broekhuizen and the basis of fact for his customary statements. Mr. Doyle's little book, costing only ten cents, supplies for the first time a discussion of all controverted points, which is at once concise, readable, and of solid historical value. GRADUATE.
March 15, 1902.
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