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Times change, and as an evidence of the reality of

open diplomacy—to use the phrase in its reasonable Sense—we must mention: thelarge number of journalists and photographers who attended the ceremony of signing the Treaty. Gladstone and Disraeli—though Disraeli had all the arts of his day in reaching the public=would hardly have recognized the Foreign Office under such conditions. The transformation, however, was nil to the good and the Government and the Foreign Office have managed the- affair with excellent sense. The good tidings must reach the ends of the earth, and the means for their doing so were deliberately provided.

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