Tuesday, September 15, 1914
Correspondence (1 of 3)
At the end of his speech the whole Tory party walked out of the House . . . It was not really a very impressive spectacle . . . a lot of prosaic & for the most part middle-aged gentlemen trying to look like the early French revolutionists.
Asquith describes the scene in the House where Bonar Law and the Tories walked out, and the passing of the Suspensory Bill.
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My darling – I feel as if a great weight were off my chest . . . the Home Rule Bill will be law . . . B Law never sank so low in his gutter as to-day.
Asquith expresses relief at the passing of the Home Rule Bill, anger at Bonar Law's speech, and describes a dinner party.
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1914-09-15Top News
General Koos de la Rey, a prominent South African leader, is accidentally shot and killed by police near Johannesburg while travelling with General Beyers [29], [30]. The first trenches of the Western Front are dug at the Aisne [25], [30]. President Woodrow Wilson orders the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Veracruz, Mexico [31], [30].
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Witness Observations
"Henry, Katharine, Bongie and I motored... to the House. ... H. asked for another vote of credit, and ended up by a magnificent appeal to unity... I ran across to H. of Lords and heard K. for the first time in the Lords."