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12 DEC 09
7th December 1909)
I have been asked by the Editor of the "Nineteenth Century" to write some personal recollections of my old chief and friend Prince Ito, and I should be most obliged if you would advise me on one point. During my visit to him in Corea two years ago he gave me a very concise and luminous statement of the Japanese policy in that country. In ordinary circumstances the subject would be too political for me to deal with; but two points have occurred to me - first, that the question so far as government is concerned is hardly now a debateable one; secondly, that in view of the many ridiculous statements that have been made by irresponsible agitators and authors, a statement of the policy coming from Prince Ito's own lips might be useful as well as interesting. His personal wishes as to what he desired to achieve, of course lie outside politics; but with regard to the purely political question I think it better to seek your advise before including it
in the article.
Might I go so far as to ask you to cable, at my charges, (care of the Colonial Secretary here) either the word "inadvisable" or "unobjectionable". I am compelled to ask this favour, as I am leaving here on the 14th, and the article has to be posted before then in order to be in time for the January number.
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