Tuesday, December 1, 1914

Light Rain

Correspondence (0)

No known letters exchanged

Asquith planned an in-person meeting to discuss sensitive matters with Venetia.

In-Person Meetingⓘ
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYAsquith was in London. He presided over a War Council meeting at 10 Downing Street, where he asked the Council to consider a diversionary attack on the Dardanelles.
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ

Official Register

1914-12-01

Top News

Daily Edition

A colliery accident at a mine in Hokkaido, Japan, kills 437 miners [1]. The Battle of Kolubara continues with Austro-Hungarian forces occupying Belgrade, while the Serbian army withdraws to Niš [1]. In South Africa, Boer rebel leader Christiaan de Wet is captured by Colonel Britz at a farm at Wartenburg [1, 2]. Luxury car manufacturer Maserati is founded in Bologna [1].

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: The seizure of an island off the German coast (Sylt/Borkum), Protection against aircraft

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Winston Churchill was 40 today. I wrote and congratulated him upon his youth. He has done a great deal for a man of 40."

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Went to Brighton to see Robertson Nicoll. Able to spend only an hour with him... He is very broken by the war. He said that he had been at a Free Church meeting on Friday and that some of the dissenting ministers are still peace-at-any-price people."