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International Copyright Convention, was deeply de- 

 plored by a large circle of friends, and by none more 

 than myself. He was laid in his last resting-place 

 at Brookwood Cemetery, where his son,who had been 

 killed at Saas Fee on January i , 1908, was also buried. 

 He had felt the death of this poor lad most acutely. 



So Bergne was of course selected by Lord Salis- 

 bury to accompany Mr. Chamberlain as Secretary to 

 the British Mission. Mr. Chamberlain expressed 

 a strong wish that his staff should be restricted to as 

 few persons as possible, but one assistant secretary 

 at least was essential. 



At that time I was acting as Private Secretary to 

 the late Sir James Fergusson, the Parliamentary 

 Under Secretary of State in Lord Salisbury's Ad- 

 ministration. Of the many distinguished men with 

 whom, in the course of a long career of over forty- 

 one years in the Foreign Office, I have been associated, 

 there are few for whom I have entertained a warmer 

 regard than Sir James Fergusson. He certainly 

 had a temper, and in some ways and to some people 

 he was rather exacting. But to me he was always 

 the staunchest and kindest of friends down to the 

 time of his tragic death in the earthquake in Jamaica 

 in 1907. So as soon as Bergne's appointment had 

 been settled I said to Sir James, *' I should very 



