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The brutality of this affair is intensified by the singular

restraint and dignity of Lord Lausdowne's letter. He sees in it the "persecution of a helpless minority, which is obnoxious because it is regarded as of alien origin, because it stands for law and order, because its possessions are coveted, and because it is the settled policy of the conspirators to oust it from the country." This cannot be called war. Pillage and vilification have thus become the reward of one who has devoted his whole life to public service and is himself the soul of honour.