Saturday, December 2, 1916
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-12-02Top News
The 6th Turkish Infantry Division was mobilized to assist German forces surrounded near Bucharest during the Battle of the Argeș.. Twelve members of the Industrial Workers of the World were convicted of arson and sedition in Sydney, Australia.
Cabinet Council
Parliament
Witness Observations
"The P.M. has sent a reply to D.'s Memo, but it simply proposes an alternative which is if anything worse than the old régime. ... D. sent for Montagu this afternoon & showed him his letter of resignation."
"During the day the political crisis became very serious. ... Bonham Carter tells me that the P.M. will almost certainly resign and that the King will send for Bonar Law."
"Went to station on foot and met Beb, Mary H. and Oc... In defiance of the conveniences I put Mary and Oc both up unchaperoned at the Royal York."