File 2153. - Written at Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W. Scored a remarkable success the previous day, highly praised in the Observer: 'It was ...,

Written at Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W. Scored a remarkable success the previous day, highly praised in the Observer: 'It was undoubtedly a great triumph for there were still scores if not hundreds of these lunatics left in the hall even if 40 of them had been flung out. Some of them were roughly handled - the audience was infuriated. I was overwhelmed with congratulations - was told no other man in England could have done it - except perhaps Chamberlain in his best days'. Believes that the meeting will have done the Women's Liberal Federations much good and prevented their members from defecting to the Suffragettes.