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this endeavour the delegates have constantly kept in view the 
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need of brevity upon the one hand and of completeness upon the — 
other, and have therefore placed in the Appendices to the . 
pamphlet all the matter which it seemed desirable to publish, 
but which was not strictly necessary to an understanding of the 
questions involved. The reader who is desirous of obtaining . 
fuller knowledge of these important questions will find in the 
Appendices much that will interest and instruct, and will be well 
repaid by a close study of subjects which have occupied the 
minds of British statesmen for many generations almost as much 
as any other topic. In stating their own views the delegates have 
been moderate, preferring rather to have conviction enforced by 
the facts than by any arguments used bythem. Those facts have 
been carefully inquired into, no statement has been made which 
cannot be proved, and the record of the wrongs under which | 
Newfoundland has long suffered, and which are to-day intolerable, 
must speak so eloquently to a people whose sense of justice is | 
their most distinguishing trait that its publication cannot fail to 
create a public sentiment which will demand for Newfoundland 
the treatment it deserves, 
FAITH IN THE BRITISH PUBLIC. 
Weary years of waiting, and the failure of all diplomatic 
arrangements ever made upon this subject, have convinced the 
people of Newfoundland that no Government of this country can — 
be expected to grapple with the question in the only manner by 
which it can or will be settled, unless the public conscience has 
first been aroused to the injury inflicted upon a loyal portion of | 
the British people, and the public judgment convinced that the | 
claims made by Newfoundland are wholly right and just. The | 
Newfoundlanders have faith in the British public, believing that — 
the dissemination of information will be sufficient to create that 4 
state of public feeling which they desire to exist; and they rely _ 
upon their delegates to convey the necessary information to the 
public through the press, by public meetings, and in all other 
convenient forms. The press has already warmly and unanimously 
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espoused the cause of the colonists, and the delegates desire now : 
to express, on behalf of those whom they represent, and personally 
also, their heartfelt thanks for the able manner in which the | 
