CHAPTER XXVII 



AT HOME AND ABROAD (1894) 



(Age 60) 



On January 24 he was at Liverpool for an Early 

 Closing meeting, staying with the Lord Mayor. 

 The meeting was held in the St. George's Hall 

 which was crowded, and the audience was en- 

 thusiastic. The resolution in favour was passed 

 unanimously. Next day the Lord Mayor made 

 him appear on the balcony over the " Flags." 

 He was reluctant, but the Lord Mayor said that 

 the Queen and the Duke of Wellington had done 

 so. This did not wholly convince him, but he 

 did not like to refuse, and received quite an 

 ovation. 



In the spring he had a great deal of trouble 

 with Greece about the debt. M, Tricoupi, in his 

 opinion and that of the Council of Foreign Bond- 

 holders, had not behaved quite fairly towards 

 them. There were frequent meetings in the City 

 to be attended, and it was mainly on this business 

 that he went, in February of this year, with 

 Mr. Everard Hambro, to Paris, and had lengthy 

 interviews with many of the chief financiers in 

 that capital. 



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