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''The Poison Belt'' is an article published in [[The Times]] on 4 may 1914.

About the plagiarism accusations by French writer J.-H. Rosny. He eventually admits that there has been a meeting of ideas between Conan Doyle and himself. See details [[La Force Mystérieuse|here]].

== The Poison Belt ==
[[File:the-times-1914-05-04-p7-the-poison-belt.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Times]] (4 may 1914, p. 7)]]

(From our own correspondent.)

Paris, May 3.

M. J. H. Rosny, aîné, in a letter to the ''[[Le Temps|Temps]]'' to-day, with regard to the similarities between his novel "[[La Force Mystérieuse]]" and [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s work "[[The Poison Belt]]," states that his note regarding these analogies was not intended as on attack, but as defence. This one shown by the concluding passage of the preface to "[[La Force Mystérieuse]]," which is as follows:—

I consider it possible that there has been a meeting of ideas between [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] and myself, but as I know by an experience which is already long ''that one is often accused of following'' those who follow one, I think it well to state that ''Je Sais Tout''had already published the first two instalments of "La Force Mystérieuse" when "[[The Poison Belt]]" began to appear in the ''[[The Strand Magazine|Strand Magazine]]''.

[[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Conan Doyle]], continues M. Rosny, states that he handed his manuscript to the ''Strand Magazine'' before the publication of "[[La Force Mystérieuse]]" and Mr. A. P. Watt ([[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s agent) confirms this statement. It would show bad grace not to accept this double evidence.

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