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dealing with the property and moneys, inconsistent 

 with the purposes to which they are intended to 

 be devoted." 



In fact, they are content to express the very 

 modest hope that " if the suggestion made be 

 acted upon, some hindrance will thereby be placed 

 in the way of any one acting dishonestly in 

 respect of the disposal of the property and 

 moneys referred to." 



I do not know, and, under the circumstances, I 

 cannot say I much care, whether the suggestions 

 of the Committee have, or have not, been acted 

 upon. Whether or not, the fact remains, that an 

 unscrupulous " General " will have a pretty free 

 hand, notwithstanding " some " hindrance. 



Thus, the judgment of the highly authoritative, 

 and certainly not hostile, Committee of 1892, 

 upon the issues with which they concerned them- 

 selves is hardly such as to inspire enthusiastic 

 confidence. And it is further to be borne in 

 mind that they carefully excluded from their 

 duties " any examination of the principles, govern- 

 ment, teaching, or methods of the Salvation 

 Army as a religious organisation, or of its 

 affairs" except so far as they related to the 

 administration of the moneys collected by the 

 " Darkest England " appeal. 



Consequently, the most important questions 

 discussed in my letters were not in any way 

 touched by the Committee. Even if their report 



