I have just come back from a huge official luncheon . . . Hankey came to me to-day . . . to say . . . that Fisher . . . had come to him in a very unhappy frame of mind.
Asquith describes a lunch with American journalists, a Cabinet on the Balkans/Near East, and Fisher's complaints about Churchill.
'Why is Mr A. such a good host?' 'Because he can always find snug places for his Tennants & Guests.'
A riddle about Asquith as a host.

British cruiser HMS Conquest was launched at Chatham Dockyard.
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