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Written at Normal College, Bangor. Robert Thomas, shipowner, wishes to receive a detailed bill. The meeting at Waenfawr was a 'splendid success'.
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Written at Normal College, Bangor. Robert Thomas, shipowner, wishes to receive a detailed bill. The meeting at Waenfawr was a 'splendid success'.
Written at No 2 Leaside, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham. Moss has begged him not to go to Conway. Has five meetings the next day. 'They want me everywhere. Mewn mwy o demand na'r un ohonynt'. 'Ellis Griffith came down yesterday & got snubbed right & left. Neb yn gofyn beth oedd o dda. Went off in high dudgeon'. The report in the Daily Chronicle about his speech at Wrexham on Friday.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W., 'Yn y trên o Rhyl i Gamarvon.' Outlines his discussions with the Bishop of St Asaph - '... got on very well as far as we went'. 'One crucial point is an alternative form'. St Asaph is to have discussions with the other bishops. 'I send you copy of the Memorandum we both inserted in our respective note Books. We were dealing only with Church Schools ... & not with Board Schools'. Incomplete.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W., 'Yn y tren'. Is on the way to Tredegar. The 'curious letter of P.J.'s'. Legal matters. 'Don't leave this letter hanging about the office for boys to see'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W., 'Yn y tren.' Is on his way to play golf. Is to stay in Brighton that night.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. 'Yn y trên'. The success of his Greenock meeting the previous night: 'Packed same hall as Chamberlain just as crowded & more enthusiastic'. Would like news of the revival.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. 'Yn y trên.' The campaign in Carmarthenshire 'a colossal success. The Conference was one of the weightiest as well as one of the most enthusiastic ever held in S Wales. ... Cefais dderbyniad a hwyl anarferol'. Professor Jones's interruption was 'a Godsend to us'. The previous night's meeting at Whitland: 'Abel Thomas made a very strong speech for my policy. Ditto Brynmor'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. 'Y mae'r pennaethiaid yn ymgynghori ynghyd'. They cannot agree; all this is top secret. 'Y mae anghydfod yn eu mysg yn nghylch yr angenrheidrwydd i C[ampbell] B[annerman] fyned i Dy yr Arglwyddi rhag y blaen ac i Asquith arwain y Ty'. Nothing has happened as yet. It is expected that he will be appointed to the Local Government Board - 'Fel y gwyddost dyna fy newisiad. Y mae arnaf ofn yr Home Office gan mai ar y swyddfa honno y dibyna droi allan y milwyr i saethu tyrfaoedd aflonydd dyweder o strikers neu unemployed'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. 'Y Bethesdiad yn rhydd'. - 'I'll turn in at the Woods & Forests this week to rub them up. J.H.D. paid them a visit about a week ago'. Is to take tea with Courtney to meet Miss Hobhouse.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, SW. Wrysgan: Sam Evans and D. Lloyd George believe that there is a good case for compensation for surface damage. A Patagonian meeting was convened that afternoon.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Would like to see Gorky. Has been playing golf at Highgate with an old man called Deinnell and met R.O.D. The success of last night's meeting at Brighton. Oxford has won the boat race.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Would like to go on holiday now so as to be ready for the fight over Welsh education and the 'bigger fight in the House of Commons'. Would like to get his Scottish engagements out of the way. The doctors have advised a period of rest to counteract over-working. 'You are very kind to help me to my holiday but you have shown me such chivalrous kindness all through my career that this is but a drop in the ocean of your tenderness to me'. Is to dine with McKenna and Massingham that night and with Winston Churchill and Colonel Seeley on Wednesday night. Incomplete.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Would like a reply about Dick. Neglected to post to Uncle Lloyd a letter describing the Wolverhampton trip. Returned the previous day and went to Castle Street in the evening.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Wishes William George to send him arguments against the payment of compensation to publicans for use in Friday's debate. Goes to Norwich the following day.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. William George's wire. His throat. Family news. 'Asquith is making excellent speeches. Just the right things'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. William George's victory at Nevin - 'It will do us no end of good - professionally as well as otherwise'. Is departing for Darlington. Business matters. 'What idiots those Genedl fellows are. When there is something really good about me they'll never insert it. But this drivelling lying 'autobiography' in it goes. It worries me beyond measure. Did you get the Echo I sent you with the contradiction [?] Get that into Genedl'.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. William George's very successful day in court. The meeting at Edeyrn - 'I am glad to hear they are holding these local meetings all over the Country. That is how the money will come in'. Has read a report of the annual meeting of the Methodist English cause in Y Goleuad. Still believes that the government will remain in office as long as possible.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. William George's very pleasant journey. Evan Richards is very neglectful about answering letters - 'To treat the Sassiwn disrespectfully demands great moral courage or lack of the sense of reverence. Anyhow I like to meet a man who doesn't cringe to authority'. There is further trouble over Merioneth - 'I am in an angry mood & have written two angry letters to Merioneth'. Is unsure what course to follow.
Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. William George's telegram about Humphreys: 'So much personal spite against Ll G & G, both as a firm & individually, had been imported into the case that it was highly important for one's piece of mind to win it'. Barmouth. Margaret and Mary should come up on Thursday.