2 JUNE 1894, Page 15

"BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER." [To THZ EDITOR or THE

" SPECTATOR:]

SIR,—Here is the text of the laconic and thoroughly English reply made by the Navy Department to the report of the American Captain who, at Peiho Fort, acted on the principle that "blood is thicker than water."—I am, Sir, &a X. Y. Z.