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the leading newspapers. What were the facts Mr. Chamberlain would communicate, and what the facts he would withhold, under such circumstances, may be surmised by any one familiar with his statements of the South African issues in this country, where he has been exposed to contradiction and to competition. Well may he glory in the 'loyal spirit' of our colonies – the work of his own hands!
The earliest crop of English lies, the murder of Mr. Lanham 'kicked to death' by brutal Boers,[1] the lurid picture of the Rand refugees, 'men scourged with long rhinoceros whips; women struck with rifles, robbed, and reviled with brutal oaths and jeers; babes snatched from their mothers' arms and flung back with insults,'[2] etc., were flourishing in Canada and Australia this year, carefully nurtured by emissaries of the South African League sent over to feed colonial loyalty.
What these war-makers have done must be distinctly understood. They have passed, through their kept South African journals, upon the press of Great Britain and her colonies, a continuous stream of falsehood, partly distortion of facts, partly fabrication of