A.MAXSE.
"April 30th." Let me take this opportunity of thanking Admiral Maxse for his courageous generosity on my behalf.

Directly he heard of my infamous sentence he wrote me a brave letter, which the prison rules forbade my receiving, stating that he would join in any agitation for my release, or for the repeal of the wretched law under which I was suffering "the utmost martyrdom which society can at present impose." I have always regarded Admiral Maxse as one of the purest and noblest of our public men, and I valued his sympathy even more than his assistance.
Further correspondence appeared in the _Daily News_, and the Liberal papers called on Sir William Harcourt to intervene.

Memorials for our release flowed in from all parts of the country.

One of these deserves especial mention.

The signatures were procured, at great expense of time and labor, by Dr.E.B.Aveling and an eminent psychologist who desired to avoid publicity.