Monday, September 14, 1914
Correspondence (1 of 2)
It will be a really big thing if before the end of the week we get H.R. on the statute-book . . . I might almost begin to intone 'Nunc dimittis'.
Asquith discusses the impending Home Rule legislation, the "Nunc dimittis" feeling, and family news including Charles Grey's wound.
Metric Analysis
Thematic Tags
Official Register
1914-09-14Top News
It is announced that Parliament will be prorogued and the Home Rule and Welsh Church Bills will become law under the Parliament Act, but their operation will be suspended until after the war,.
Cabinet Council
Parliament
>>Topics: Clause 1 Mode Of Payment Of Pensions, Exchange Of British Subjects Abroad, Orders For Uniforms, Separation Allowances Weekly Payments, Clause 4 Short Title And Construction, Artificial Dyestuffs Production In
Witness Observations
"We went up by night train to London. … I found things here developing rapidly—the Conscription gang making everything very difficult, and most of them behaving abominably. Lloyd George, G. Curzon, F. Guest, Winston, Northcliffe, etc. all doing their d—dest"