Monday, July 27, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #106Time not recorded
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We were placidly playing Bridge at the Wharf last night when a telephone message came in reporting the shocking news from Dublin. . . . The summoning of the military . . . was the act of an Ass of a Police Commissioner . . . We seem to be on the very brink.

Asquith writes of the Bachelor's Walk incident in Dublin and the worsening European situation.

Mentioned:Maurice Bonham Carter • Birrell • Lady Kitty [Somerset] • Lady Ottoline Morrell • Lloyd George • Winston Churchill • Harrel • Sir Edward Grey

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration7/10
Political Unburdening8/10
Emotional Desolation4/10

Thematic Tags

Dublin shooting (Bachelor's Walk)European crisisGrey's statement
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYMotored to London (1 a.m.). Cabinet. Questions in House. Debate.
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith

Official Register

1914-07-27

Top News

Daily Edition

Sir Edward Grey makes a statement in the Commons on the European situation. A debate is held on the Dublin gun-running affray. The London Stock Exchange shows signs of crisis.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"So far as I was concerned, the war started on the afternoon of Monday, July 27th, 1914, at a hurriedly convened meeting of the Admiralty, War Office, and Press Committee... After a brief conversation, he and I drafted a letter to editors..."

AW
Admiralty, War Office, & Press Committee

"The Press should be asked to refrain from publishing any information relative to movements of British warships, troops, and aircraft... without first communicating with the Admiralty or War Office..."