Clearly, if that allegation is absolutely false, 
the offence to justice is grave almost beyond 
precedent.  A lie so base and hurtful must be 
withdrawn at once, frankly and fully, with all 
possible publicity.  To deny the absolute right 
of truth and justice to be instantly vindicated 
in the matter must be repugnant to your sense 
of honour. 
 
Not only has Mr. Crowley not served a prison 
sentence in America as a white slaver, but he has 
never been even accused of any crime before any 
court in any country in the world. 
 
The statement made in the Sunday Express 
is thus an absolute lie ; your editor knows that 
it is a lie ; and you, my Lord, are in a position 
to satisfy yourself conclusively that it is a lie. 
I submit, that as proprietor of the Sunday 
Express—one of the greatest forces in the news-
paper world, and in the public life of the nation—
you are under a clear obligation to ascertain 
the truth in this matter, and to compel your 
editor to publish it in such a way as to redress 
the wrong wrought by his foul lie. 
 
4.  His plea that, unless his statements had 
all been correct, Mr. Crowley would have sued 
the paper for libel immediately, is a base and 
cynical attempt to ignore the evident disabilities 
of every kind which beset the absentee, the poor 
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