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On December 19 we left Washington in the morn- 

 ing for New York en route for Canada to spend 

 Christmas with Lord Lansdowne. Henry Ed- 

 wardes and his wife accompanied us to New York, 

 where we put up again at the Brevoort House in the 

 rooms we had previously occupied. We all dined 

 at Delmonico's that evening and went afterwards 

 to see Madelon at the Casino Theatre. Of course 

 we could not escape the ubiquitous reporters, to 

 whom Mr. Chamberlain accorded a brief interview 

 before dinner, the result of which duly appeared in 

 the papers the next day. One extract will suffice. 



CHAMBERLAIN HERE AGAIN 

 ON HIS WAY TO VISIT LORD LANSDOWNE 



In good healthy but unwilling to discuss Politics 

 or Diplomacy 



Mr. Chamberlain was somewhat fatigued after his 

 journey, and having to fill an engagement to dine 

 out and then another to go to the Casino, he hadn't 

 much time to spare for an interview. The reporter 

 had to promise to be brief, and when he made the 

 painful but not altogether unexpected discovery that 

 for " obvious reasons '' Mr. Chamberlain did not 

 feel at liberty to say anything about the work of the 

 Fisheries Commission, and for equally ** obvious 

 reasons " did not deem it discreet to say anything 



