Monday, March 29, 1915

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Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #373Time not recorded
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My own most beloved . . . I cannot tell you in any words what a blow it is to me not to see you this afternoon. . . . There is, as you see in the Tory press, a dead set being made against me personally. . . . M'Kenna came to see me . . . with a tragic history of intrigue.

Asquith is distressed at missing Venetia, and discusses press attacks and a rumoured intrigue against him.

Mentioned:Reginald McKenna • Edwin Montagu • Lloyd George • Winston Churchill • Sir Edward Grey

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration8/10
Political Unburdening8/10
Emotional Desolation5/10

Thematic Tags

Missed meetingPress attacksAlleged intrigue (LG/Northcliffe)Loyalty of colleagues
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLunch with Montagu. Interviews with McKenna, Katharine Asquith, Grey, Lloyd George.. London. Meeting with Katharine Asquith, Grey, Bongie, Hankey re Raymond
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith

Official Register

1915-03-29

Top News

Daily Edition

The Society of British Aircraft Constructors was established.. Stourbridge rail station was closed as a wartime measure.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"Lunched with Fisher. ... After lunch 'Jackie' gave them a sort of lecture. He explained his anxiety about the German attitude towards Holland... Fisher again threatens to resign... Saw the Prime Minister in evening and discussed the Dutch situation."

FS
Frances Stevenson

"I have before me a telegram intercepted by the W.O. Censor on August 4th at 9.5 p.m. ... On the back of this sheet of paper there is a little conglomeration of triangles and circles which I recognise as the product of the hand of C...."