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PLAIN WORDS FROM AMERICA

A LETTER TO A GERMAN PROFESSOR
BY

Professor DOUGLAS W. JOHNSON

Columbia University, New York

1917.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE.

The following letter, written by Professor Douglas W. Johnson, of
Columbia University, is in reply to a letter, pleading the cause of
Germany, which he received from a German correspondent. Professor
Johnson's letter appeared in the "Revue de Paris" of September
, 1916.