Thursday, April 15, 1915

Sunny

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #393Time not recorded
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. . . I am sitting . . . at a really interesting Committee . . . on the great Drink Problem. . . . The result is that Ll. G. is going to open a new series of pour parlers . . .

Asquith describes a Cabinet Committee on the Drink Problem and the decision against nationalization.

Mentioned:Lloyd George • Crewe • Reginald McKenna • McKinnon Wood • Herbert Samuel • Edwin Montagu • Lord Reading • Charles Roberts • Simon

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration0/10
Political Unburdening7/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

Drink Problem CommitteeNationalization of drink
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYPresiding over Drink Committee.. London. Munitions Committee meeting
Venetia Stanley
Cheshireⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith

Official Register

1915-04-15

Top News

Daily Edition

A second consecutive German airship bombing mission occurred over England.. The Royal Flying Corps formed the No. 5 Wing under Major Lionel Charlton at Fort Grange, Gosport.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Royal Parks And Pleasure Gardens Class Ii, Committee To Accelerate Production, Special Battalions, British Casualties, Welsh Church Act, Houses Of Parliament Buildings Class I

Witness Observations

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"I have always thought it would be unwholesome for me to attempt to write a diary. ... This impromptu resolution sprung from an absurd compact I made with Duff Cooper that we would both begin a diary at the same moment..."

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Brade sent for me to the War Office to consult me regarding an interview which French has given to the Daily Mail... The P.M. and Kitchener did not like this..."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"Lunched with Fisher and had long talk with him afterwards. He told me of his many difficulties with Churchill and how he had insisted on threat of resignation that the Queen Elizabeth, Lord Nelson and Agamemnon should not be risked inside Dardanelles."