Many letters were inspired by Smith's published articles, Commonwealth or Empire, Genesis and the Outlook of Religion, and War as Moral Medicine. From Washington Benjamin wrote his views of the Catholic Church in America, of certain bishops and Jesuit colleges. The editor of the Winnipeg Tribune wrote that his election to Parliament was being contested. The Atlantic and Collier's sought articles about Queen Victoria shortly after her death. Collier's offered to give Smith's piece first place in the paper and said, "We'll meet you on price." To Lord Mount Stephen, who had asked advice about the best way he might use the money he intended to give to an American cause, Smith wrote, "The thing it seems to me most needed is a rise in industry for the Blacks." On September 25th Charles B. Spahr of the Outlook wrote of the popularity and influence of the autobiographical article written for the magazine by Booker Washington. Among overseas correspondence are letters from Merriman about his visit to Britain to seek more reasonable terms for South Africa. Letters from M. E. Grant Duff in February and May contain recollections from his experience of tlie complexities facing any government of India. In discussing the actions of Germany in China, Smith referred to the German Emperor as "that scoundrel or madman." Henri Bolirassa commented on the moral weakness in the United States that was revealed by the McKinley assassination and its aftermath. The London Daily News published a Smith letter in September and said that though they had no wish to rob the Manchester Guardian of his contributions, they should "always be delighted to catch a few crumbs from the table."