Monday, February 8, 1915

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #293Afternoon
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. . . I heard Jack Tennant introduce his Estimates . . . I have had my interview with M. Bark . . . I had rather an interesting luncheon at Edward Grey's: Delcassé, Cambon, Kitchener & Winston. Winston was very eloquent in the worst French . . .

Asquith describes debates in the House, an interview with the Russian Finance Minister, and a lunch with Grey and French ministers.

Mentioned:Jack Tennant • Harold Baker • Walter Long • Peter Bark • Lloyd George • Sir Edward Grey • Delcassé • Cambon • Kitchener • Winston Churchill

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Thematic Tags

Army EstimatesRussian financeAid to SerbiaBalkan strategy
H.H. Asquith
House of Commons / Londonⓘ
HIS DAYHouse of Commons. interview with M. Bark. lunch at Grey's. Cabinet.. London. Luncheon at Edward Grey's with Delcassé, Cambon, Kitchener, Churchill
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith

Official Register

1915-02-08

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Cabinet Council

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Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"C. came back from France on Saturday... C. is thoroughly pleased with all the aspects of his visit... He was very annoyed yesterday, however, over a paragraph in the Sunday papers, to the effect that ‘Mr. Lloyd George... drove to the Latin quarter...’"

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"We dined at the French Embassy. Cambon took me in and Delcassé sat on the other side of me. ... Delcassé was very serious over the war. He said that things would have been very different in the early stages if Joffre had got his present Generals..."