On the following day the Trime Minister was entertained at
lunch by his supporters, under the presidency of Lord Long. In thanking them he said that the work at Genoa was not completed but it had been begun, and the true part of a task was the beginning. He was amazed at the eagerness with which some. of the greatest friends of peace were trying to show that he had failed. It was too much to expect that all the feuds and difficulties of Europe could be settled in six weeks. He thanked his Unionist friends for their: support. " As long as we have common perils," he said, " let us stand together." The Lord Chancellor, Lord Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain paid warm tributes to the Prime Minister. The failure of the campaign against him illustrated, to the Lord Chancellor's mind, the limits of the admittedly great influence of the Press.
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