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` It was decided first at the secret London conference , yesterday , at about sixteen o'clock by our time . The Plenipotentiaries appear to have signed it at that hour . After that it was communicated to the world . It was published here half an hour past midnight . ' '' `` Then Felsenburgh was in London ? '' '' ` I am not yet sure . Cardinal Malpas tells me that Felsenburgh gave his provisional consent on the previous day . ' ''