Monday, May 24, 1915

Sunny

Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.

Archive Silence
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLondon. Conference with Unionists (Austen, Arthur, Bonar Law). Motored to Hampstead with Margot
Venetia Stanley
Franceⓘ
HER DAYSwelteringly hot day. Nursing (staggered into bed at 9.30 PM). Wrote to Edwin Montagu

Official Register

1915-05-24

Top News

Daily Edition

Allied governments issued a statement accusing the Ottoman government of 'crimes against humanity' regarding the Armenians.. A truce was held at Gallipoli to bury the dead.. Germans released gas against British forces near Hooge, Belgium.. John Condon, the youngest British soldier to die in WWI, was killed in action.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"H. told me he was going to have his first conference with Austen as well as Arthur and B. Law. ... Henry sent me a note... to ask me to motor with him..."

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Frances Stevenson

"This afternoon the new Coalition Govt. is being decided upon. ... First of all a letter came from Mrs. Winston C. to the P.M. saying that Winston was the only man for the Admiralty..."

Venetia Stanley
Venetia Stanley

"My darlingest not a vestige of a submarine disturbed our crossing... The hospital is a rather squalid hotel... I've nearly had a quarrel with a foul little doctor about whether Winston had any sense of decency or not."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"I must say this is a most wonderful place for sleep. ... I think it suited Mamma, too, and it was quite a nice peaceful Whitsuntide."