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Show VIEW LETTER OF LANSDOWNE WITH PROFOUND REGRET I LONDON. Nov. no. The letter of 1 the Marquis of Lansdnwne continues to i be deprecated or frankly denounced in jail tjovei n mental quarters. J . Austen j Chamberlain, former secretary for J n j dia. in a speech at Northampton tonight i said that he and. his colleagues, hoth j in and out of office, viewed the letter j with unfeigned regret. It was untor- tunate and inopportune, because at t he j .present moment, when Italv and Viumu- j nia were invaded and Kussia was in the j j throes of revolution, nothing ought to , j be said or written throwing doubt on ; the loyalty of Great Britain to her al- j ! lies. Mr. Chamberlain also declared ! that there must be no restrictions of the rights of the belligerents nt sea. J such as Great Britain had exercised audi ; the I'nited states now was exercising, j Although at present the attacks ! i against the Marquis of Lansdowne are I I mostly vocal, there appears to be a con- I siderable body of liberal opinion which welcomes his letter and much interest I is being exhibited in what the press of the United States has to say on the sub-i sub-i ject. There also is a deal of curiosity as to what support the Marquis of Laus-d Laus-d o w n e may nave had among the political po-litical leaders, it beina: believed that he was not likely to publish such an appeal ap-peal without some such acquiescence. According to some rumors. Earl Lore-burn, Lore-burn, former lord high chancellor, and the Karl of Rosebury were consulted before the letter was given to the press. The Weekly Nation expresses the opinion that the war policy of Viscount Grey, former foreign secretary, is identical iden-tical with the Marquis of Lansdowne's views. An interesting point of view of some jot the political discussions bearing on the letter is that it points to a possible j alternative government and policy to j that of the existing government. |