Thursday, February 18, 1915

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Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #312Morning
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We dined last night with the Walter Burns's . . . I am rather vexed with Winston who has been tactless enough to offer Sir John French . . . a brigade of his Naval Division . . . Kitchener takes rather a gloomy view of the Russian situation.

Asquith discusses a dinner with the Walter Burns's, German opinion of British troops, friction between Churchill and Kitchener, and Russian gloom.

Mentioned:Walter Burns • Sir Ernest Cassel • Mrs Sassoon • Mrs Keppel • Winston Churchill • Kitchener • Sir John French • Sir Edward Grey • Haldane • Lloyd George • Edwin Montagu • Lady Gwendeline Churchill

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration6/10
Political Unburdening8/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Dinner partyGerman opinionChurchill/Kitchener frictionRussian situationReprisals
In-Person Meetingⓘ
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYAudience with King. Cabinet meeting.. London. Dined with Walter Burns (previous night)
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ

Official Register

1915-02-18

Top News

Daily Edition

Allied forces captured 432 mutineers from the 5th Light Infantry in Singapore.. The V Corps of the British Army was established under Sir Herbert Plumer.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Civil Service Royal Commission, Soldiers On Leave Free Railway Tickets, Steamship Highland Brae, Business Of The House, Army Estimates 1915 16, Passport Regulations

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Today is ‘der Tag’, the day the German Government... has threatened to sink all our ships—merchant ships and others—without warning, by submarines: a form of naval warfare—piracy, and indeed murder..."