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26 September 1889
DEAR PONCE,
I received your letter together with what you sent me, letters, magazines, etc., etc. Many thanks; I will write you in time. With regard to the telegram, I believe what can be done is to publish it merely as serious news, but without believing in it for various political reasons, etc., etc. Nothing official can be done for lack of sufficient evidence. They may laugh at us and demand proofs. They can say that we have no judgment of our own and we believe hearsay. Weyler may even demand for damages for calumny. Tell Canon to telegram me upon arriving in France, giving the name of the station and the hour of arrival, for there are two stations, and different hours of arrival. There are the Lyon Station and the Orleans Station.
I leave it to your discretion.
LAONG LAAN.
02-446 [Blumentritt V.1]