DISCUSSION 87 



After this conversation with Professor Plate, I 

 saw another Committee member, Professor Wald- 

 eyer, the Privy Councillor, and communicated 

 to him these conditions, professing my willingness 

 to assent to them. Professor Waldeyer raised no 

 objection, and promised to take the chair at the 

 debate. 



The conversation with Professor Plate, to which 

 I have referred, was the only one which I had with 

 my opponents as to the arrangements for the 

 debate. I was therefore obliged to regard them as 

 settled, and I had no reason for thinking that the 

 majority of my opponents would alter them, without 

 giving me due notice of their intention. 



During the morning of February 18th, the day 

 fixed for the debate, my opponents held a meeting, 

 at which Professor Plate presided, as Professor 

 Waldeyer was unable to be present. / received no 

 invitation to this meeting, and no intimation of it was 

 sent me, although the arrangements for the debate 

 had to be made conjointly by me and my opponents. 

 At this meeting the majority arranged the order of 

 the proceedings, in spite of protests raised by a 

 minority, which consequently expressed its deter- 

 mination to take no part in the debate. It was 

 decided that I should be allowed to speak only 

 once, and that at the close of the whole discussion, 

 which, considering the length of time allotted to 

 each speaker, was certain to last for two hours and 

 a half, or even longer. 



