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FOREWORD TO PART II 



No further preface is needed for the present volume more than that 

 prefixed to Part I of these " Diaries," except a brief one of apology for 

 the short period which has been allowed to elapse between the latest 

 of the events recorded in it and their appearance to-day in print. This 

 has seemed a political necessity forced upon the Diarist by the un- 

 generous terms imposed by the allied Governments at Paris on their 

 opponents vanquished in the war, terms which are still not definitely 

 settled and against which it may be yet possible to appeal on grounds 

 of truth and honour. 



For the benefit of those who would follow the logic of events leading 

 to the Great War of 1914, and especially to the war with Turkey and 

 the declaration of a British Protectorate in Egypt, readers are invited 

 to take notice of the Chronology printed as No. VIII of the Appendix. 

 It has been carefully drawn up, and will be found of use to them in 

 forming a correct historic judgment. 



W. S. B. 



Newbuildings Place, Sussex. 

 Christmas, 1919. 



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