The Premier remained with us during the progress of the hunting-party, which was one of the most joyous occasions ever known.

We are all of good heart, for the future of the Balkan races is now assured.

The strife--internal and external--of a thousand years has ceased, and we look with hope for a long and happy time.

The Chancellor brought messages of grace and courtliness and friendliness to all.

And when I, as spokesman of the party, asked him if we might convey a request of His Majesty that he would honour us by attending the ceremony of making known formally the Balkan Settlement, he answered that the King had authorized him to say that he would, if such were wished by us, gladly come; and that if he should come, he would attend with a fleet as an escort.