At the Conference of London and San Remo I repeatedly referred to the expenses of these military missions of control and often their outrageous imposition on the conquered who are suffering from hunger.

And at San Remo, discussing the possibility of an expedition on the part of Great Britain, France and Italy to defend at least the oil production, after the report of a military committee presided over by Marshal Foch, the conclusion was quickly and easily arrived at that it was better to leave the matter alone.

President Wilson himself, during the Conference of San Remo, sent a message in the form of a recalling to mind, if not a reproof, to the European States of the Entente because they did not proceed to the constitution of a State of Armenia.

The San Remo Conference has entrusted Britain with Mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine and France with the Mandate for Syria.

Like Mr. Lloyd George other statesmen also at San Remo have compared Caliphate with Popedom and ignored the Koronic idea of associating spiritual power with temporal power.

" These few words could have removed the mis-undertakings rooted in the minds of those that at San Remo, if they were in earnest for a just solution.

And if that be the meaning of his speech, without anything further to support me I would claim that even Mr. Asquith's assurance is in danger of being set at nought if the resolutions of the San Remo Conference are to be crystallised into action.

What was the use of the old ancestral manor near Caistor in Lincolnshire, or the town-house in Park Street, the snug hunting-box at Melton, or the beautiful palm-shaded, flower-embowered villa overlooking the blue southern sea at San Remo?

After his retirement, when he was travelling with his family in 1869, they took a villa at San Remo.

They reached the Villa Garbarino, at San Remo, on November 3rd, and remained there till April, 1870.

"The five months," Lady Russell writes, "were among the very happiest of our lives, and we reckon it among the three earthly paradises to which our wanderings have taken usLa Roche, St. Fillans, and San Remo.

" They also became friendly with several of the Italians of San Remo, whom they welcomed at little evening gatherings at their villa.

Lord Russell to Lady Minto SAN REMO, November 23, 1869

" Lady Russell to Lady Dunfermline SAN REMO, December 1, 1869

Lord Russell to Colonel Romilly SAN REMO, December 4, 1869

" Lady Russell to Mr. Rollo Russell SAN REMO, February 17, 1870

How awful Paris will be after the easy, natural, unconventional life of San Remo, one delight of which is the absence of all thought about dress!

Lady Russell to Lady Dunfermline SAN REMO, February 23, 1870

Lady Russell to Lady Dunfermline SAN REMO, March 2, 1870

Lady Russell to Mr. Rollo Russell SAN REMO, March 17, 1870 ...

Lady Russell to Lady Dunfermline SAN REMO, March 23, 1870

Lady Russell to Lady Dunfermline SAN REMO, April 6, 1870

On April 7th they left San Remo, "servants all in tears," she writes, "and all, high and low, showering blessings on us, and praying for our welfare in their lovely language."

Remo Bufano's Book of puppetry.

Remo Bufano's Book of puppetry.