Thursday, January 29, 1914
Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYAsquith was in London presiding over a Cabinet meeting. The main topic was the Navy Estimates; Asquith reported to the King that strong protests were made by Lloyd George, Sir John Simon, and others against the proposed expenditure,.
Londonⓘ
HER DAYProbably staying in London (in town), in her usual round of visiting/friends, and likely in touch with Asquith by letter/telephone about arranging to see him (he writes the next day, 1914-01-28, “I am hoping to see you again Friday”).. No specific fixed engagement for her is documentable for that exact day from the surviving chunks; best guess is a normal “in town” day rather than country-house travel.
Official Register
1914-01-29Top News
Daily Edition
Lord Knutsford dies at his London residence. Mr. John Horace Round is appointed honorary adviser to the Crown in Peerage Cases.
Cabinet Council
MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Navy Estimates, Supplementary Estimate for 1913-14, New Construction (4 Capital Ships), Cost of maintenance, Revenue forecast and new taxation
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Violet Asquith
"Cys has seemed much better the last 2 or 3 days & the weather has become much cooler which suits him.... We had rather an amusing experience yesterday when we went over (to Omdurman) with your brother & MacMichael... to tea with the Mufti... I have made great & real friends with a young Ulsterman (only by birth!) called Boyd... I feel slight compunction at staying so long with your brother"