Friday, July 2, 1915

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Correspondence (0)

Gap in Correspondence

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

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H.H. Asquith
London
Venetia Stanley
France
HER DAYI dined last night [2nd] with Hunter... She dined last night with Hunter, who has been very kind. Wrote a letter to Edwin Montagu.

Official Register

1915-07-02

Top News

Daily Edition

The British Parliament passed the Munitions of War Act to address artillery shell shortages, appointing David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions.. The British submarine HMS E9 torpedoed the German cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert in the Baltic Sea.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Parkinson came to see me in the morning, and said I had a septic throat and must stay where I was. ... Violet came to see me at tea time. She looked really happy and serene... We discussed Venetia's becoming a Jewess. ... Mr Asquith has told Venetia that, if she persists, he will never speak to her again."

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Sir George Murray, Sir Robert Chalmers, one and all have warned me that [Lloyd George] had no ounce of loyalty in him, that he was a traitor and a cad... but I am reverting with horrible certainty and a feeling of inevitability to my original view of his character."