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Sir William) Byles, M.P. I arrived late for the dinner; but it was a pleasure to have made the acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Byles—such good friends of India were they. The Press delegates returned to London the same day and on June 19 we were at Windsor Castle to witness the presentation of colours to the Territorials by His Majesty the King. On the terrace where we were stationed I met Mr. Ameer Ali. There was a bleak, cold, east wind blowing, and Mr. Ameer Ali, who was dressed in Windsor uniform with the badge of a Companion of the Indian Empire on his breast, was almost shivering with cold. His first words on approaching me were, 'You are very wise, Mr. Banerjea, to have put on that overcoat. I said to him, 'I never part with it if I can help it in the fickle and changeable climate of England.' My absolute immunity from colds and coughs during my stay of over two months in England was evidence that I acted wisely. On one occasion, when I had gone on a visit to Lord Midleton (Mr. Brodrick, who, as Secretary of State, had sanctioned the Partition of Bengal) his lordship came up with me to open the door. He looked hard at my overcoat, which he helped me to put on. I noted the significance of his look, and I said, 'My Lord, your climate is fickle and treacherous, and, though it is a bright day, I thought there was no harm in being extra cautious.' Lord Midleton laughed approvingly and closed the door after me.

The visit to Windsor was followed by a deputation that waited upon Mr. Asquith on the question of cable rates. I was a member of the Deputation. There were the usual speeches; but Mr. Asquith gave no pledge of any kind. This was the last function at which I was present as a member of the Press Conference.

When I went to England, as a member of the Press Conference, I did not forget the promise I had made or the responsibility I had imposed upon myself in connexion with the Partition of Bengal. On the eve of my leaving for England the Indian Association held an afternoon party in my honour, to which my colleague, Mr. Everard Digby, was invited, and I assured my friends in the speech I made that, next to my duties as a member of the Press Conference, the modification of the Partition of Bengal would claim my atten- tion. I now applied myself to this work. The members of the Con- ference having finished their work in England, were now to proceed on tour to Scotland. I told Sir Harry Brittain that I must now be permitted to withdraw from the Conference. I left the Waldorf Hotel and engaged a suite of rooms at Clement's Inn, the head-