graphed back to the French and British Delegations in Genoa reeked of oil. Instead of attending the final meeting of the sub-commission that was to bless the Russian memorandum before sending it to Santa Margharita, M. Jaspar went to have his hair cut, shampooed, and oiled. M. Barrère-M. Barthou having left for Paris -declined to sign the memorandum until M. Poincaré should have spoken. The meeting was suspended, and until it was resumed every group of delegates spoke of nothing but oil. Finally, the memorandum went to M. Tchitcherine minus two signatures, and with a prominent oil-stain across its front page. Every day for a week every French, Belgian, and Italian newspaper contained an article on oil. The agreement was denied by Colonel Boyle, by the Royal Dutch Shell Combine's directors, and by M. Krassin; but nothing could convince Genoa that Britain's main interest in a Russian treaty was not the obtaining of oil concessions. True, Genoa admitted the agreement might not have been signed, but quite evidently it had been negotiated, and would be signed when the Russian treaty had been concluded. And the men with the gold-rimmed spectacles, having all but drowned in oil Europe's belief in British good faith, booked sleeping berths on the Paris trains. There was nothing left for them to do in Genoa, now that they had ensured that Standard Oil's rivals should not or, at any rate, not yet receive what Standard Oil had been unable to obtain for itself. At the moment of writing, oil is still the most likely topic wherever two or three conferenciers are gathered together. And M. Tchitcherine, who, having concluded his separate treaty with Germany, having prepared the ground for the conclusion of at least six post-Genoa treaties with other countries, having set the Allied nations at loggerheads, having all but broken up both broken up both the AngloFrench Entente and the Little Entente, is about to answer the Powers' memorandum with mock conciliatory proposals that seem destined to bring conclusive, if only partial, failure to the Conference, may well be congratulated on having obeyed to the last full-stop the abovequoted "confidential instructions from the All-Russian Soviet Executive to the Russian delegates" that conclude with the words : These suggestions are to be made use of very lavishly in all private negotiations, in order to sow discord among the various nations represented, and particularly in order to create animosity and rivalry in connection with the distribution of concessions for the exploitation of oil-fields, coal-mines, and forests." INDEX TO VOL. CCXI. A. F. O.'s, THE, 363. ARABIA, A JOURNEY IN, 166. Balfour, Sir Arthur, to the rescue of 'BEGGAR'S OPERA' IN THE EIGHTEENTH Bimbashi, 517. Birkenhead, Lord, destructive policy of, Blackmail, 1. BLAND, J. O. P.: A CADDIE OF THE BLOOD DROP STONE, THE, 576. BOTT, ALAN: To A GENOESE TUNE, "Bow AND ADORE," 194. BRETON, Lieut.-Colonel E. P. LE: AN CAMPAGNA, A CADDIE OF THE, 798. "BOW AND ADORE," 194. CARR, Mrs COMYNS: 'THE BEGGAR'S CASTLE JANE, 301. CHAMBA: A SHOOTING TRIP IN, 318. CHYPRE, LE DOUX PAYS DE, 472. CLEMENTI, Mrs CECIL: ON THE RUPU- COLOMBINA, 137. COUNTLESS STONES, THE, 119. CROSSWAYS OF THE GAME PATHS, AT Curzon, Lord, the letter of, to Mr DAILY ROUND, Tax, 409. I. The ELEPHANT, A LITTLE, 234. EMERALD ISLE, A FISHING TRIP IN English, the study of, 403. L. Z. 76, 160. THE STRAFING OF F. A LEADER OF MEN, 783. A SHOOTING TRIP IN CHAMBA, 318. Father of Bunds, the, 668. "FIDALGO" IN THE EAST, THE, 608. FROM THE OUTPOSTS:- A LEADER OF MEN, 783. FRONTIER, An Unknown, 427. ECHOES FROM THE MARSHES-being THE PEOPLE OF THE CAMEL, 667. Genoa, the circus at, 814. GRAHAM, ALAN: MURDER DISQUALI- Granville-Barker, Mr, 'The Exemplary HANGING GArden Gully, In, 241. Hassain Chaoush, 7. HEATHER MIXTURE, 70, 206. HENRY: THE RECORD OF A FAITHFUL HOWELL, EVELYN : HENRY THE RECORD OF A FAITHFUL SLAVE, 652. HUNGARY AND THE HUNGARIANS, 710. IMPRESSIONS, VAGABOND, 16, 505. Irish " Treaty," the, 260-effect of, on KLAXON: HEATHER MIXTURE, 70, 206. LAND DEBATABLE, THROUGH ALL THE, LEADER OF MEN, A, 783. Lloyd George, Mr, is he indispensable? LONG, A. W.: A FISHING TRIP IN THE COLOMBINA, 137. VAGABOND IMPRESSIONS, 16, 505. L. Z. 76, THE STRAFING OF, 160. THE COUNTLESS STONES, 119. MARSHES, ECHOES FROM THE, 1, 381, MISER, AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 592. IN HANGING GARDEN GULLY, 241. Mother of Gold, the, 381. OLLIVANT, ALFRED: OLD FOR-EVIR, ORTON, MAY: BÉBÉ, 599. WIFE, THE, 178, 303. R. THE IRRECONCILABLES, 357. RED DUSTER, THE, 353. ROB ROY OF THE DESERT, A, 643. RUPUNUNI TRAIL, ON THE, 525. SAMAWAH, THE STORY OF THE SIEGE SHOOTING TRIP IN CHAMBA, A, 318. Socialism, Professor Eucken on, 270. STRAHAN, J. A.: EASTERS IN IRE- STORM IN THE DESERT, 446. THROUGH ALL THE LAND DEBATABLE, TOBACCO JAR, THE, 55. Treaty between England and Ireland, Trimming the Balance, 11. TYRANNY OF OBJECTS, THE, 761. UNKNOWN FRONTIER, AN, 427. MURDER DISQUALIFIES, 237, 480, 619, VAHEY, JOHN HASLETTE: THE CASE 724. OF CADWALLDR JONES, 774. VALE, EDMUND: THE BLOOD DROP Valera's bombshell, 129. VICKERY, Lieut.-Colonel C. E. :- A JOURNEY IN ARABIA, 166. A ROB ROY OF THE DESERT, 643. X.: A WHALE-HUNT, 91. YOUNG, DESMOND: "AN OLD YARN- Printed in Great Britain by WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. 66 'SAPPER'S" STRIKING MESSAGE. 66 TAKE UP PELMANISM- A SIMPLE, INFALLIBLE METHOD OF "" 66 PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY. The present Pelman Course is founded on the experience gained in training the minds of over 500,000 men and women. 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