Thursday, April 22, 1915

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Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #404Night
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I don't care a twopenny damn what anyone else thinks about it [his speech] - let alone Northcliffe & his obscene crew. . . . We had a prolonged but peaceful Cabinet . . . French seems to have done a really good thing in taking . . . 'Hill 60' . . . Sazonoff . . . has I am glad to say caved in . . .

Asquith discusses the reaction to his Newcastle speech, Hill 60, and the Italian negotiations.

Mentioned:Northcliffe • Kitchener • Lloyd George • Sir John French • Sazonov • Reginald McKenna • Charles Roberts • Lord Reading • Simon • Lewis Harcourt • McKinnon Wood • Edwin Montagu • Jack Tennant • Walter Long • Harold Baker

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration8/10
Political Unburdening9/10
Emotional Desolation1/10

Thematic Tags

Newcastle speechHill 60Italian treatyDrink problem
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet. House of Commons. Dinner at Montagu's.. London
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYWrote to Asquith

Official Register

1915-04-22

Top News

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Germans launched the first large-scale poison gas attack on the Western Front at the Second Battle of Ypres.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Soldiers And Sailors Franchise, Accommodation In Steamships, Lerwick Explosion, Soldiers And Sailors Pensions And, Dockyards Additional Temporary Clerks, Casual Labour Post Offices

Witness Observations

FS
Frances Stevenson

"On Thursday [22 April] we left in the car at 5.0 o'clock & went down to Walton. ... C. was quite mad, & improvised mock sermons for my benefit..."

Lord Kitchener
Lord Kitchener

"I have no doubt that K. is a great general, but I am sure that that the public confidence in the war effort is not being undermined..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Telegram arrived from Beb saying he would be billeted at the Mermaid Tavern at Rye. ... Beb and I dined at a little table by ourselves. I could not realise the reality of the situation..."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"On a general review of the whole situation I think that the German fleet home—a prodigious military advantage. Germany probably knows that the Dardanelles attack is imminent."