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Written at 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W. 'Could hardly see my hand but got safely through after much groping'. Lady St Davids took the family to the pantomime.

Written at 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, S.W. Is receiving deputations on Old Age Pensions. Has got his way in Cabinet the previous day and that day. Sir Edward Grey is to dine with him that evening.

Written at Close de la Garoupe, Antibes. The weather. Tenders he has received. Is going to play golf and take tea with the Rendels.

Written at Château de la Garoupe, Antibes. The weather and the golf. Are to travel over the Esterelles that day. Olwen.

Written at Hotel Prince de Gailes, Riviera Palace, Cannes. The warm weather. Has written a sympathy letter to Mrs Dr Probert. Speculates on his Budget.

Written at Hotel Prince de Gailes, Riviera Palace, Cannes. The weather and the scenery. Is to go for a motor run over the Corniche to Monte Carlo: 'one of the loveliest drives in the world - snow mountains on one side & palm covered valleys & an azure sea on the other'. Includes note from Margaret Lloyd George.

Written at House of Commons. Has got two great Bills through this Session. The Times considers the Port of London Bill as the most important this session. Is satisfied with his preparations for the next Session. 'Two very important Cabinets on Navy Estimates. Winston & I fought McKenna - Morley & Grey supporting us'. Believes that they have won.

Written at Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. Stayed last night at the Victoria Hotel. Has been too busy to write.

Written at House of Commons. The Cymmrodorion dinner that night. The resolution from the Women's Liberal Associations thanking D. Lloyd George.

Written at House of Commons. There will be no dissolution of Parliament at least until after the Budget. The Cabinet is anxious to get it through the House. Asquith has approved his Budget proposals. Plans for the Christmas tree at Criccieth.

Written at House of Commons. The Nonconformists are dining downstairs - 'I am going there to tell them how I warned them 12 weeks ago that contracting out would lead them into a morass'.

Written at House of Commons. Education Bill number 4 was 'decently buried' that afternoon with Asquith and Balfour officiating. The press is very enthusiastic about his triumph on Saturday. Has written a 'stinging' letter to C.P. Scott. Has an idea of giving a Christmas tree to all the children at Criccieth school on Christmas afternoon.

Written at Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W. Scored a remarkable success the previous day, highly praised in the Observer: 'It was undoubtedly a great triumph for there were still scores if not hundreds of these lunatics left in the hall even if 40 of them had been flung out. Some of them were roughly handled - the audience was infuriated. I was overwhelmed with congratulations - was told no other man in England could have done it - except perhaps Chamberlain in his best days'. Believes that the meeting will have done the Women's Liberal Federations much good and prevented their members from defecting to the Suffragettes.

Written at House of Commons. The collapse of the Education Bill number 4, 'very badly handled by the P.M. & Runciman'. Many depend on D. Lloyd George to retrieve the government's ailing prestige.

Written at House of Commons. The progress of the Education Bill; expects the measure to go through. The Bishop of St Asaph is hopeful. The protest in that day's Times from some of the leading Suffragists.

Written at House of Commons. Matters are critical over the Education Bill. The result of the Chelmsford by-election is 'bad but not unexpectedly so'. Lloyd Jones and widening the road.

Written at House of Commons. The Education Bill is facing difficulties but is 'labouring along'. Is critical of the government's handling of the measure. Fears the outcome of the Chelmsford by-election. His Budget is 'the only ray of hope in the firmament'. That day's breakfast of Friendly Society leaders at 11 Downing Street. The trades union leaders recently returned from Germany have confirmed his impression of the German system.