THE DIARY OF A JOURNALIST LATER ENTRIES BY SIR HENRY LUCY WITH PORTRAIT LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1922 THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODON, K.G A STATESMAN WHO COMMANDS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE WORLD [Prince Lichnowsky, German Ambassador in London at the outbreak of war, whilst carefully concealing the ex-Kaiser's purpose, was in daily conference with Sir Edward Grey. After his return to Berlin he wrote: "The simplicity and honesty of Grey's ways secured him the esteem even of his opponents. Lies and intrigue were equally repugnant to him."] APOLOGY AND EXPLANATION I TRUST the Public will not resent the appearance of a second volume of this Diary, regarding it as a poor return for the generous welcome they bestowed upon the first. Extension is the result of the vastness of the stage before which I was privileged to occupy a seat in the pit, and of the multiplicity of star actors who trod it. For myself, I was merely a looker-on. The record is not a compilation of rejected items. It is simply a continua- tion of entries from the original manuscript following in Of the nearly two hundred generous Press notices of the first volume the only adverse criticism was comment on the absence of an Index. By the goodwill of the |