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Sts,—Some months ago, through the kindness of Rev. J. H. Harris, I learned that a statement had appeared in the Spectator of November 29th, 1913, signed by E. G. Hamilton Williams, M.D., to the effect that the American Methodist Mission in Portuguese East Africa was using forced labour on its industrial farms under Government compulsion. This word from Mr. Harris is the first word I had concerning the matter. It is now some time past, and in your immense correspondence in a very small matter. Still, the statement is so outrageously false and so absolutely slanderous of the missionary work of American Methodism, the largest section of the Protestant world, and whose missions rank with those of the few really great Societies of the world, that I feel justified in calling your attention to it, if only for your personal information. If I knew the address of your corre- spondent I would drop him a line, believing that he would like to know the truth. I have forwarded Mr. Travers' letter and the quotation from the Spectator to my Superintendent of the Industrial Farm, Rev. P. W. Keys, and requested him to send you a brief statement of just what our methods are, and some of the results of our work.—I am, Sir, Ac.,
P.S.—I am sailing for America in a few days vid Azores, and my American address is 222 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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