v "DARKEST ENGLAND" SCHEME. 283 



" Eagle " case. Therefore, I felt fully justified in 

 using it, at the same time carefully warning my 

 readers that it must be taken with due caution. 



Mr. Trotter's useful letter admits that such 

 a book was written by a person with whom he had 

 the "pleasure of an interview/' and that a ver- 

 sion of it (interpolated, according to his assertion) 

 was published against the will of the author. 

 Hence I am justified in believing that there is a 

 foundation of truth in certain statements, some of 

 which have long been in my possession, but which 

 for lack of Mr. Trotter's valuable corroboration 

 I have refrained from using. The time is come 

 when I can set forth some of the heads of this in- 

 formation, with the request that Mr. Trotter, who 

 knows all about the business, will be so good as 

 to point out any error that there may be in them. 

 I am bound to suppose that his sole object, like 

 mine, is the elucidation of the truth, and to as- 

 sume his willingness to help me therein to the 

 best of his ability. 



1. "The author of 'The New Papacy' is a 

 Mr. Sumner, a person of perfect respectability, 

 and greatly esteemed in Toronto, who held a high 

 position in the Army. When he left, a large 

 public meeting, presided over by a popular 

 Methodist minister, passed a vote of sympathy 

 with him." 



