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NOTE

This essay was left behind him by the author
ready for publication. In seeing it through the
press his brother has been very kindly helped by
Sir Frank Swettenham, G.C.M.G., C.H., the
colleague of the author in the Directorship of the
Official Press Bureau. He also allows me to
quote him as follows : " Your brother sent me the
manuscript of the essay in August, and I told him
I agreed entirely with what he had written. I
thought he had rendered a public service in
explaining the working of the Press Bureau,
which was never understood by anyone outside
the office. Considering all the circumstances, the
Press, with very few exceptions, bore the in-
fliction of the Bureau admirably, and by their
patriotic attitude and help contributed largely to
the success of the Allies."

I have also to thank Mr. J. A. Spender for
permission to reprint, and with additions, the
obituary notice, which he wrote, and published in
the Westminster Gazette of the second of October.
A. M. C

Ncyventber, 191 9.
