the reserves.

351 Russia demanded from Turkey the Dobrudscha in order to cede it to
Roumania in exchange for the Roumanian province of Bessarabia.

M186 Congress Of Berlin

352 As it happened, the severance of northern from southern Bulgaria
only lasted seven years.

M187 The British Plenipotentiaries

353 Mr. Gladstone made an important speech on the treaty-making power on
June 13, 1878.

M188 Kernel Of The Case

354 At Knightsbridge, July 27, 1878.

M189 Miscellaneous Activities

355 See _Gleanings_, ii. p. 213.

_ 356 Ibid._ ii. pp. 146-7.

M190 Candidature Decided

_ 357 Spectator_, February 8, 1879.

M191 Journey To Edinburgh

_ 358 Saturday Review_, November 29, 1879.

M192 Oratory
M193 Character Of The Campaign

_ 359 Much Ado_, Act I. Sc. i.

360 Faguet.

M194 End Of The Year At Hawarden
M195 To Mr. Bright On Leadership

361 Lord Selborne (_Memorials_, i. 471) says that Lord Granville
reported to him (Dec. 21), that Lord Hartington at this meeting
wished to insist upon Mr. Gladstone resuming the lead, but that the
rest were, for the present at all events, against any such step.
Lord Granville's own view was that the question, like many other
questions, would have to be solved _ambulando_.

M196 Dissolution

362 Speech at West Calder, April 1, 1880.

M197 Elected For Midlothian And Leeds

363 The other candidates stood:--Barran (L.), 23,674; Jackson (C),
13,331; Wheelhouse (C), 11,965. As the constituency was
three-cornered, Gladstone, Barran, and Jackson were elected.

364 Letter to electors of Leeds, April 7, 1880.

365 The iron railing of this balcony is now a sacred relic in the hands
of a faithful follower.

M198 Results

366 Published anonymously in the _Fortnightly Review_, May 1880.

M199 Question Of Leadership

367 See, for instance, _Pall Mall Gazette_, April 2 and 22, then
conducted by Mr. Greenwood, the most vigorous and relentless of Mr.
Gladstone's critics.

368 November 25, 1879.

369 The Plimsoll matter was a movement to give Mr. Gladstone a public
reception on his arrival in London. Mr. Gladstone declined the
reception as inconsistent with his intention, expressed at
Edinburgh, to avoid all demonstration, and also because it would be
regarded as an attempt made for the first time to establish a