Read yesterday in paper that the persecution of Catholics by the Mexican government is increasing in ferocity, and the Pope has asked all the faithful to pray for the banished priests and nuns, and for those who are deprived of all religious consolations. The war with the Druses is still progressing in Syria, and the French have been attacked and repulsed in Damascus. In the Riff, all the tribes who still are holding out are submitting. Caillaux, the French financier, so favourable to a Franco-German-Russian alliance, has been thrown out, and Poincaré, his opposite in policy, has come in. – After dinner went for a few sets to-day and after read. We had lovely chickens for dinner again, by the way. There was an American tournament in the evening, my partner being a Miss Vahr, not much good. However, we didn’t do too badly, getting 16 out of 24. It will be finished to-morrow. We got a great victory over the best combination. Bob Bell and Mrs. Conway, getting 3 out of 4 over them.
