Thursday, June 18, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #83Time not recorded
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I have not heard how you fared at the House last night . . . Illingworth arrived . . . in a state of some perturbation over the manifesto of the Anti-Budget mutineers . . . Another small complication is that Sylvia Pankhurst... proposes to continue her 'strike'...

Asquith discusses the Anglo-Persian Oil deal, the revolt against the Budget, Sylvia Pankhurst's hunger strike, and Honours List problems.

Mentioned:Winston Churchill • Clementine Churchill • The Derenburgs • Eric Drummond • Ernley Blackwell • Illingworth • Simon • McKenna • Lloyd George • Sir Alfred Mond • Percy Molteno • Maurice de Forest • Sylvia Pankhurst • James Dunn • Maurice Bonham Carter • Sir Felix Schuster • Edgar Vincent

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration5/10
Political Unburdening6/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Anglo-Persian OilBudget revoltSuffragettes (Sylvia Pankhurst)Honours ListFinance Bill
In-Person Meetingⓘ
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYPlaying bridge. dealing with Budget revolt. discussing Sylvia Pankhurst. dining with Islingtons.
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYPlaying tennis (supposed)

Official Register

1914-06-18

Top News

Daily Edition

A railway bridge collapses at Carrbridge, Scotland, killing five people. A Conference of National Railwaymen approves an alliance with Miners and Transport Workers.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

AJ
A. J. Balfour

"I thank you for your letter of 17th June which I have received to-day. ... I should be very pleased to come and see you, but I am afraid that I shall not be able to do so for some time."