Wednesday, May 13, 1914

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #68Time not recorded
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... The Irish are in rather a panicky mood, but I think they will soon recover their nerves. I have a rather effusive letter to-day from high quarters...

A brief note about the mood of the Irish and a letter from the King.

Mentioned:King George V

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration0/10
Political Unburdening4/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

Irish politicsKing George V
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYAsquith gave a dinner party to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary. The guests were "mostly old habitués of Cavendish Square in its earliest days," though his friend Haldane excused himself due to a bereavement.
Venetia Stanley
London (likely West End)ⓘ
HER DAYVery likely in London, moving in her usual social round (dinners/‘play-going’), and in touch with the Asquith circle about meeting him later in the week.. Probably making/keeping plans to attend the Naval & Military Tournament at Olympia (the ‘tournament on Friday afternoon’ that Asquith discusses as an arranged outing).

Official Register

1914-05-13

Top News

Daily Edition

Seventeen British sailors drown in separate sinkings in the North Sea and English Channel. The financial resolution for the Welsh Church Bill is discussed in the Commons.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Committee Of Imperial Defence Colonel, Hospital Ship, High Speed Wireless Telegraphy, Merchant Shipping Bill, National Reserve, Hms Dominion Repairs