Monday, September 21, 1914

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #165Time not recorded
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Kitchener was rather in the dumps to-day . . . He thinks the two forces are too close . . . suffering in fact from lock-jaw . . . Meanwhile (but this is secret) the Portuguese offer to supply . . . troops.

Asquith discusses the military stalemate, Portuguese offer of help, Indian troops, German atrocity dossier, and Press Bureau changes.

Mentioned:Kitchener • Joffre • Reggie • Buckmaster • F. E. Smith • Simon

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration6/10
Political Unburdening6/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Military deadlockPortuguese aidIndian troopsGerman atrocitiesRheims CathedralPress Bureau (Buckmaster replacing F.E. Smith)
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet (implied or meeting with K).
Venetia Stanley
Penrhosⓘ

Official Register

1914-09-21

Top News

Daily Edition

German forces in New Guinea formally surrender to the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [38], [46]. The First Battle of Picardy begins [47], [46]. Laurence Binyon's poem 'For the Fallen' is published in *The Times* [48], [46].

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"I went with H. to hear Budget… I sat next to Venetia and Sylvia Henley. Ll.G. was not there, which gave me rather a ridge—what infinite smallness! … It was a remarkable speech, remarkably well delivered"

FS
Frances Stevenson

"Last Saturday was the Chancellor's great speech on the War, at the Queen's Hall. There is no doubt that it was a tremendous success, but C. was very depressed after it. ... At breakfast today C. told me the story of Belgium's decision to resist Germany."