The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, June 4th, 1913.

I walked to Westminster after breakfast, & made inquiries for reports &c on Durham Cathedral, but with little success. Then I went to the Athenaeum, & wrote a sharp little letter to the 'Nation' – so sharp that they will not probably publish it. I returned to S. Paul's in time to join a luncheon party, which included Hine Haycock, Linetta, Miss Ward, Miss Barlow, & others. After lunch Violet Markham's car took us out. We left cards on divers people, & then had tea on the Terrace with the Lough's. Several members of my acquaintance had speech with me. Ian Malcolm tells me that the Putumayo report will be out in a fortnight: that it will probably be unanimous: & that it will be severe. Amery is full of the Marconi Mystery. We walked back to the Deanery stopping on the way to call on the Master of the Temple. His brother–in–law, Birchenough, came in while we were there. We all (Ralph, Kittie, Ella & I) dined with Lady Emmott. I took in Lady Ward, the wife of the late Premier of New Zealand. It was on the whole a pleasant party. Mrs Peel, the newly married daughter was there, but not her husband, who pleaded indisposition.

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Issues and controversies: Putumayo