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noble women not a few, whose work resulted in the emancipation of four millions of slaves. Mr. Bright said how was this great work accomplished, and then asked how are all great reforms carried? And his answer was:—

"'By love of Justice. By constant devotion to a great cause. And by unfaltering faith that that which is right will in the end succeed.'

Inspired by these wise counsels of a great reformer, may we, with singleness of purpose. turning neither to the right hand not to the left, steadfastly demand from Parliament the disestablishment and disendowment of the Jennerian imposture; ask for nothing more, and be content with nothing less.

Yours very sincerely,

WILLIAM TEBB."

(Loud cheers.)

Dr. A. R. Wallace.

Much enthusiasm was also evinced by the reading of the following letter from Dr. A. R. Wallace:—

"I have really nothing to say, but what I have said for the last five or six years—that nothing will carry our fight to a finish, in our favour, but making ourselves feared, by voting solid, at all Parliamentary Elections, for candidates pledged to vote for our whole programme—Total Abolition—and for no others, whatever their politics.

This resolution, openly declared and acted on by our members and supporters at every bye-election (to show we mean it), and then at the next General Election, would probably gain our cause in the very next Parliament. Nothing else will. The doctors with their 'cultures' and 'antitoxins' and 'vaccines,' are becoming more insistent than ever; while their experiments and their new terminology are more difficult than ever for any ordinary man or woman to criticise, or even to comprehend. (See the article on 'Vaccination and Opsonic Action,' in 'Nature,' February 11th, 1909.)"

Lady Grove.

Lady Grove wrote:— "I am sorry that I shall be unable to attend your meeting on the 24th, but I am as ever strongly in sympathy with your League, believing as I do that science will eventually triumph over quackery to the benefit of the human race."

Vaccinated Doctors Take Smallpox.

Mr. J. E. Wolff (Bergen), in sending his best wishes for the success of the Conference, referred to the epidemic of smallpox which had taken place in Christiania last year. "Curiously enough," Mr. Wolff said, "there were half a dozen of the well-vaccinated doctors laid up with the disease, and of course this is attributed to the vaccination not having been effected at the right period, or the lymph has not been good. You all know the way our opponents try to interpret any of our proofs."

Good Cheer from America.

Mr. Bonner's letter of greeting was received with much pleasure. Commenting on the position in America, Mr. Bonner said: "The ponderosity of this country and the varied character of its State laws, make concerted action and uniform work very difficult, but the formation of the American Anti-Vaccination League is a helpful and encouraging sign of the times and much may be expected from the new organisation. The spirit of the Old World in its resisting of legalised cowpoxing is equally as pronounced here, but, perhaps, our forces are not so well knit together, nor has the fight been actually taken up for so long a time as at home. However, the friends are in to win, and whatever you do will prove beneficial to them. So be of good cheer, and do not relax one single effort it is possible to make."

Derby Favours Prohibition.

Mr. Charles Harper (Derby) wrote:—"I hope the Conference will send out such a battle cry as will be effective in arousing the whole country in favour of vaccination prohibition."

The President's Welcome.

After the reading of the letters of regret from absent friends, General Phelps said:—

"It is again my great pleasure to welcome you. once more to this meeting, where we are joined together to fight against the most impudent attempt to filch our liberties that has ever been made in the history of the English race. The numbers here are small, I suppose, because our friends are under the impression that our victory is won. There could not be a greater mistake. (Hear, hear.) The fight is but commencing. We are only beginning now to face the real enemy. What is behind has been simply child's play compared with what is in front of us. You have heard what our good friend Professor Wallace has said about the terminology of the inoculators; they seem to have let the whole Greek lexicon down into the sewer of their propaganda. (Laughter.) The success of these schemes is dependent very largely upon the success or failure of this Anti-Vaccination League. The whole story of serum-inoculation takes its date from the £30,000 which a too-confiding country granted to Dr. Jenner, and as long as that incentive is before them we may be sure that the advocates of these horrible serums will do their utmost to fasten their yoke upon our necks."

ANNUAL REPORT AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The Thirteenth Annual Report of the Council and statement of accounts were duly submitted. The report, which has been printed as usual and issued to the members, refers amongst other things to the working of the new Acts of 1907; to the excellent work now going on in Ireland, notably at Enniscorthy; to Mr. Gane's much-regretted retirement from the office of Hon. Secretary, and Mr. Paul's equally regretted resignation of the post of Editor of "THE