Saturday, January 30, 1915

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #284Afternoon
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Do you know that Helen Vincent has followed in your steps & taken to nursing? . . . we had a second meeting of the War Council . . . and despatched Winston to go & see Sir J. French

Asquith comments on society women taking up nursing, a War Council mission for Churchill to French, and McKenna's paranoia.

Mentioned:Helen Vincent • Maxime Elliott • Lady Sarah Wilson • Lady Drogheda • Diana Manners • Winston Churchill • Sir John French • Kitchener • Fisher • Francis Acland • Neil Primrose • Cecil Harmsworth • Beck • Rea • Seely • Violet Asquith • Reginald McKenna • Masterman • Leo Maxse • Lord Cowdray

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration5/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation1/10

Thematic Tags

Society nursesWar Council (reinforcements for Serbia)Churchill/Fisher relationsMcKenna/Masterman feudDizziness
H.H. Asquith
Kentⓘ
HIS DAYGolfing.. At Walmer Castle
Venetia Stanley
London Hospitalⓘ
HER DAYNursing.

Official Register

1915-01-30

Top News

Daily Edition

German submarine U-21 sank the British cargo ships Linda Blanche, Kilcuan, and Ben Cruachan in the Irish Sea.. British cargo ship SS Tokomaru was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by U-20.

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Despatch of troops to France

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"L. G. telephoned... to say he was going to Paris on Monday to meet the French and Russian Finance Ministers. He asked me, "Do you know that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the bankers' pet?"... "This is enough to turn anybody's head!""