CAPTAIN WEIGHT APOLOGISES.
REFLECTIONS ON GLAD STONE. A CURT REPLY. »T '-kH.I tr.fS<l ASJOCUTIOK-COrTKIdBT.' !Alstxai.:an in:' ki. cauls association.) LONDON. IVLi nary 10. In :i let lev i't ol• "> woriN. Captain Peter W'rijil:i assured Vi-coun- Gladstone: •'lf I luiil urn taken up llic challenge lo n legal tight 1-would have scorned tu he guilty ol every cowardice with uhieh you charged me. I intended, even had the action gone in my favour. to have expressed tegrets for having iiicd a < rude phrase about your fntlier. 1 now formally say them to you. and if any moie copies ( .f tlie book are printed I shall alter It and remove what offends you." Viscount Gladstone replied in a twolino letter of 13 words: — "Sir,—l hog to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Fein nary Stli. 1 remain, your obedient servant. Giadstoiie."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18924, 12 February 1927, Page 15
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139CAPTAIN WEIGHT APOLOGISES. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18924, 12 February 1927, Page 15
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