Monday, January 15, 1912

Light Rain

Correspondence (0)

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No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

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H.H. Asquith
Sicily
Venetia Stanley
Italy
HER DAYTravelling by train to Milan and Rome

Official Register

1912-01-15

Top News

Daily Edition

A production of *Oedipus Rex* was presented in English for the first time at the Royal Opera House in London. Henry Labouchère, the politician known for the amendment making homosexuality a crime in the UK, died at age 80.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Violet Asquith
Violet Asquith

"Beloved - I left Mürren yesterday morning - feeling rather weak & wobbly... At Lucerne I found Venetia who poor darling had been there 24 hours - & was almost dead with boredom. We dined together - rested - releved - & started by the 11.52 night train to Milan.... I couldn't beat myself into a state of sufficiently hallowed anticipation of Rome - & yet I was disappointed when we drew into a station just like any other..."