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tion in Portugal, the flight of King Manuel, and the proclaiming of 

 a Republic. The movement will probably spread to Spain, and pos- 

 sibly to other countries. Last week there was something' like a 

 Socialist rising in Berlin, put down, however, at once with great mili- 

 tary violence, in the course of which several English newspaper cor- 

 respondents got knocked about, the Government offering them no 

 apology. The Savarkar affair with France has been referred to arbi- 

 tration, thus confirming what Goumah told me three weeks ago. 



" gth Oct. — Rothstein's book, ' Egypt's Ruin,' is now in print, and 

 ought to be out at the end of next week. I have made myself respon- 

 sible to Fifield for a first sale of 800 copies, besides advancing him £50. 

 I think, however, the book will be worth it politically. It has given 

 me a deal of trouble, besides writing the introduction. 



" nth Oct. — To Storringlon to call on Miss Petre. She is certainly 

 an attractive woman, attractive by reason of her great simplicity of 

 manner and ready intelligence. She has finished the first volume of 

 her ' Life of Tyrrell,' including his autobiography down to 1885. ' A 

 precious document,' she calls it. She has nobody now living with her 

 at Mulberry House,' though one of her sisters lives near her, just out- 

 side the village, and they take their meals together. She gave a sprig 

 of myrtle to Dorothy as we went away, and one to Miss Lawrence, and 

 we mean to plant them here in memory of Father Tyrrell. 



" 13th Oct. — France seems to be following Portugal's suit. There 

 is a general railway strike all the country over, and Paris is threatened 

 with starvation. Winston was to have been here this afternoon to 

 shoot, but has telegraphed after attending a Cabinet Council, that cir- 

 cumstances make it quite impossible he should reach us to-night. That 

 sounds serious. The Portugese revolution has completely succeeded, 

 and young King Manuel, after taking refuge at Gibraltar, is to come 

 to live in England at Wood Norton. 



" i4tJi Oct. — Winston arrived in a motor from London. He was 

 dressed in a little close-fitting fur-collared jacket, tight leggings and 

 gaiters, and a little round hat, which, with his half-mischievous face, 

 made him look, as Miss Lawrence said, ' the exact figure of Puck.' 

 We had already began shooting when he joined us, and talk began at 

 once. It was very brilliant, and, except for the exigencies of the 

 afternoon shooting and dressing for dinner, was kept up on the same 

 high level till near midnight. I had asked Philip Napier to meet him, 

 so as to give him some ideas about Egypt, and Gordon Blunt is also 

 here. We discussed most of the burning questions. Winston is going 

 on energetically about prison reform, and will push it much beyond what 

 he has already announced publicly. He means to arrange matters so 

 that next year there will be 50,000 fewer people sent to prison than 

 this year. He was eloquent about a girl who had had a child and 



