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much has been heard and so httle seen, not as 

 they stood in 1878, or in 1888, but as they stand 

 now ? Six weeks have elapsed, and I wait for a 

 reply. 



It is true that Dr. Greenwood has been author- 

 ized by Mr. Booth to publish what he calls a 

 " Rough outline of the intended Trust Deed " 

 (" General Booth and His Critics," p. 120), but 

 unfortunately we are especially told that it " does 

 not ]jrofess to be an ahsolutcly ctcciirate analysis.'* 

 Under these circumstances I am afraid that 

 neither lawyers nor laymen of moderate intelli- 

 gence will pay much attention to the assertion, 

 that " it gives a fair idea of the general effect of 

 the draft ^' even although " the vjords in qicotatioii 

 marhs arc taJicn frorn it vcrhatira!' 



These words, which I give in itahcs, (1) define 

 the purposes of the scheme to be ''for the social 

 and niorcd regencrcdion ami iiivprovement of persons 

 needy, destitute, degraded, or crimincd, in some 

 mann^er indiccded, implied, or suggested in the hook 

 called ' In Darkest England^ Whence I appre- 

 hend that, if the whole funds collected are applied 

 to " mothering society " by the help of speculative 

 attorney " tribunes of the people," the purposes 

 of the trust will be unassailably fulfilled. (2) 

 The name is to be " Darkest England Scheme'' (3) 

 the General of the Salvation Army is to be 

 " Director of the Scheme." Truly valuable inform- 

 ation all this ! But taking it for what it is worth, 



