The Henson Journals

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Thursday, October 2nd, 1913.

I went into Southampton & attended the Congress, while Ella with our combined baggage went to London from Winchester. As I was designing to catch the noonday train, the Bishop asked me to speak before Morel. I spoke for about 8 minutes on the question of securing fair treatment for aborigines. My speech was very well received. Then I hastened off to the station, & journed [sic] to Waterloo. I spent the afternoon in the Athenaeum writing letters. There I saw & conversed with Birkbeck & Inge. The last was flushed with victory in a successful chapter–meeting. Then I went to King's Cross, & joined Ella. While waiting for her, I fell in with Stewart of Cambridge. He had just arrived from abroad, where he had seen Loisy. We travelled comfortably enough to Durham, and were welcomed at the Deanery pleasantly by the maids, clamourously by the dog.

The 'Westminster Gazette' has a leader on the text of last night's discussion. The "Times" & "Morning Post" give rather special prominence to my speech. The "Newcastle Daily Journal" does the same.

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