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1924 · PDF PAGE 1

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

… and work of an English gentleman and man of letters, and against the personal virtue of three very noble women who have renounced their private ambitions in order to help in his work. I. The case is as follows :— Between November 1922 and March 1923, the Sunday Express published a series of sensa- — I —

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1924 · PDF PAGE 14

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…in his work. These ladies are not British subjects, but your editor has identified them quite clearly to their professional, family, and private circles in England and America. He has been vile enough to accuse them, without one conceivable atom of justification, of practising public prostitution in foreign cities. “Whenever he needs money, and can- not get it from fresh victims, he sends them on the streets of Palermo or Naples to earn it for him. “He served once a prison sentence in America for procuring young girls for a similar pur- pose.” …

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1924 · PDF PAGE 13

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…an 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-wide publicity. You cannot avoid moral …

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1924 · PDF PAGE 7

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…ll. The whole event illustrates the absolute neces- sity for that right of reply which the law of France provides. In no other way can a private — 7 —

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