[11] Soon after this letter was written the duma was dissolved, with a promise of another election, and as this book goes to press a second campaign is in progress.
[12] The House of Lords has, since the writing: of the above, so amended the educational bill that the prime minister has withdrawn the bill as a protest against the House of Lords. It raises an issue as to the co-ordinate power of the House of Lords, and may result in curtailing the power of that body.
[13] The following European letters were written for the Hearst newspapers, and are reproduced by their permission.
[14] Note—It was an ordinary cab and no policemen or secret service men were in sight.—Editor.
Transcriber's note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed including unpaired quotation marks.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs, thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Illustrations.
Page 163: "which Señor Gregoria Agilpay is the head. Obispo Maximo Aglipay" ... this stands as printed in the book.