Wednesday, January 28, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #28Time not recorded
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To-day we have had another & more satisfactory Cabinet... and I have good hopes that to-morrow we shall arrive at a settlement.

Asquith reports on a satisfactory Cabinet meeting regarding estimates and hopes for a settlement.

Mentioned:Percy Illingworth • Sir John Simon • Earl Beauchamp

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration4/10
Political Unburdening6/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

CabinetEstimatesResignations (implied)
In-Person Meetingⓘ
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet meeting.
Venetia Stanley
English countryside (hunting country)ⓘ
HER DAYProbably staying at or near a country house where she was hunting (fox-hunting day / outdoor country-house routine).. Likely reading and writing letters (including receiving Asquith’s note about hoping to see her Friday), and managing weekend plans/social calls tied to the hunt.

Official Register

1914-01-28

Top News

Daily Edition

News of the South African deportations reaches London, causing indignation in Labour circles. The London coal porters' strike ends with concessions from employers.

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Navy Estimates (Discussion involving Asquith's appeal for mutual accommodation)

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

MB
Maurice Bonham Carter

"Beloved, I have got your letter saying how much I have disappointed you by my letters about Cyril's illness. It has made it difficult to write... I think that my imagination is blunt... absence of the Canadian ships may have been a source of trouble. If L.G. had been a normal Chancellor of the Exchequer this fuss would either have come years ago or not at all... Margot is expected back on Monday."