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violent tone of Air. Seward's dispatches, while it did not con- vince Lord Russell as to what constituted "belligerency," never theless had its effect on the subsequent course of the Englisli Government. Mr. Seward played what might be called a "bluff hand." And it was this hand which was exhibited to Queen Victoria w'.ien Mr Adams submitted to Russell his instructions from Air. Seward.
David Gregg McIntosh.
March 30, 1914.
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