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1924 · PDF PAGE 11

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…eply. 8. Such persistent silence, whatever its explan- ation, compels me to bring the essential issue to your notice in this more public matter. Your editor asserts that Mr. Crowley has served a prison sentence in America for pro- curing young girls for infamous purposes. The truth is that Mr. Crowley has never been so much as accused of any crime before any court in any country in the world. Now no honest person can pretend for a mo- ment that any legal process is needed in order to expose the absoluteness of this particular lie. A criminal co…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 4

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

… 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…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 2

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…et, philosopher and artist. These articles were a mass of lies. Not only were they wholly false in spirit— the essential truth, in every matter of importance, being simply suppressed—but, except for such statements as were harmless in themselves or trivial, they were wholly false in the letter also. Two of these lies are so indefensible in point of fact, and so repugnant to every principle of decency and fair play. that they must, in the public interest and for the honour of the British Press, be destroyed once for all. 2. In the Sunday Express…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 13

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…y venomous libels far less mercifully than by cruder poisons. 11. My Lord, you cannot escape the gravest personal responsibility in this matter. Your editor could not, with any private resour- ces of his own, undertake a protracted news- paper campaign of libel. It is your wealth, in particular, that he relies on when he challenges Mr. Crowley to fill his pockets by means of an action at law. It is your capital, in various kinds, that he uses in order to collect anonymous gossip, purchase slanderous interviews, and give to his calumnies a world…

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