Frewen, in which he said that he had taken no copy of Mr.
Balfour's letter, and had returned the original, and asked
me, if I had no objection, if I would give him a copy of it.
I answered that I had heard nothing, whereupon Mr. Frewen
wrote a note to Mr. Balfour, telling him that I had not heard.
Mr. Balfour said that he had, after writing the letter, submitted
it to a meeting of his colleagues; that one of them had expressed
his most emphatic disapproval of the plan, and that he did
not feel warranted in taking such a step against the objection
of one of his colleagues. I gathered, from what I heard afterward,
that Mr. Balfour wished he had sent he letter without communicating
its contents. But of this I have no right to be sure. Mr.
Balfour sent Mr. Frewen the following letter, which is now
in my possession. It was, I suppose with his approval, sent
to me.
10 DOWNING STREET, WHITEHALL, S. W.
August 6, 1896.
DEAR MORETON FREWEN.
I think Senator Hoar has just reason to complain of my long
silence. But, the truth is that I was unwilling to tell
him that my hopes of sending him a letter for publication
had come to an end, until I was really certain that this was
the case.
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