Thursday, April 25, 1912

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H.H. Asquith
London
Venetia Stanley
London
HER DAYJust back from the Opera. Going to Littlestone tomorrow morning. Staying with Conrad Saturday to Monday. Wrote to Edwin Montagu. Received a letter from Edwin Montagu

Official Register

1912-04-25

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The rebuilt St Mark's Campanile was inaugurated in Venice. In Germany, the Reichstag defeated a proposal to increase the size of the army and navy.

Cabinet Council

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Witness Observations

Venetia Stanley
Venetia Stanley

"There is no vestige of floater, but I’ve got my days terribly filled up. I’m just back from the Opera and am going to miss the 2nd Act and dine at home for a family beanfeast to celebrate Blanches engagement (Isnt it a joke!) Tomorrow morning I am going to Littlestone with Violet and the P.M. in the motor, for one night..."

Edwin Montagu
Edwin Montagu

"Venetia!!! You surely dont mean to tell me that I am not to see you for even five minutes till you’ve been ten days in London! Am I (at the moment I hope at worst) out of favour."

Edwin Montagu
Edwin Montagu

"Please forgive me if I have been a nuisance in circumstances of which I was not aware till tonight. Perhaps my importunities, reproaches, lamentations... will be taken as a measure of my anxiety for a growing and not a diminishing friendship... I’ll be good now though none the less impatient and come to lunch on Saturday..."