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 to follow the advice in all respects cannot fairly be attributed either to negligence or incompetence.

He exercised his judgment for the best. It was the judgment of a skilled and experienced man, and although others might have acted differently and perhaps more successfully, he ought not, in my opinion, to be blamed.

The whole blame for the cruel destruction of life in this catastrophe must rest solely with those who plotted and with those who committed the crime.

The above is called the "Annex" to the "Finding of the Court." This latter I do not reprint for it consists only of 21 questions, the answers to which are found in the "Annex."

A notice in "The Daily Telegraph" (London) of May 12, announced that