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Written at House of Commons. Had spent all day at the Committee of Imperial Defence answering the question of the Mediterranean. 'Winston is Navy mad. As usual he regards the office which he presides over for the time being as the pivot upon which the Universe attends'.
Written at House of Commons. Had no good chance to speak the previous day. Is taking Herbert Lewis home to have tea with Megan.
Written at House of Commons. Had lunch with White, the Canadian Finance Minister, that day. There is great interest in D. Lloyd George in Canada. Is going to a garden party. Hopes to play golf the following day if it is fine.
Written at House of Commons. Had lunch with Rosebery that day - 'He was exceedingly pleasant to me. ... He is somewhat unsound & on all [topics] unreliable'. Campbell-Bannerman's condition. Great preparations are in hand for receiving D. Lloyd George in Paris. Incomplete.
Written at House of Commons. Had lunch with Grey to meet Roosevelt - 'garrulous platitudinous, but great vitality which is a good, substitute for genius'. Asquith was 'most contemptuous' of Roosevelt.
Written at House of Commons. Had hoped to write more of Rosebery's dinner and about Bradford. Denounces Rosebery - 'Fel bachgen y llefara ac fel bachgen y meddylia. A spoilt child'. Driven to the House by Christopher Fumess who told me I had "made greater progress recently than any man on our side - Asquith he said had gone back. I had a great hold on the people"'.
Written at House of Commons. Had dinner at Churchill's house last night to meet Sir Grey Fleetwood Wilson, one of the chief men at the War Office. Plans to cut down expenditure on the army - 'I am not going to increase taxation to pay Old Age Pensions until I have exhausted all means of reducing expenditure. I have told the PM he must help me - he promises to do so'. Photographs of Megan.
Written at House of Commons. Had breakfast the previous morning with Venezelos (the Greek Premier), Prince Louis of Battenburg and Churchill. Discussed the Greek Navy and naval ports.
Written at House of Commons. Had begun a letter on this paper to Hywel Cernyw. William George should write to the Bedford Hotel, Brighton.
Written at House of Commons. 'Had another great "go" at them. Laughed clause 3 out of existence. They are now dropping subsect. 1 - the worst in the whole Bill. Got a very good time - House roaring'.
Written at House of Commons. Had an interesting breakfast with Parke, Harold Spender, C.F.G. Masterman, Riddell and Megan. Had lunch with the Bishop of St Asaph and Clarke. Is to dine with Hughes and Ward the following day.
Written at House of Commons. Had a motor run into the countryside, and is now deciding an important Customs question. A letter received from Sir Edward Russel. Is now going to Walton Heath.
Written at House of Commons. 'Had a good innings last night & another today. Had a long go at the question of native labour. Hwyl dda & Joe [Chamberlain] very angry'.
Written at House of Commons. 'Gwynoro [Davies] must not resign. They would all be at sixes & sevens if he went. He alone can control & guide them'. The Boers. He and Margaret are to dine with the editor of Reynolds News that evening.
Written at House of Commons. Gwynoro Davies is there. Philip Davies. The Boer War. 'Democrats & Republicans vie with each other for electioneering purposes in expressing sympathy with the Boers & I shouldn't be surprised if Kruger can hold out until the eve of the Presidential Election that McKinley won't be forced to intervene'.
Written at House of Commons. Gwilym's health. The House sat until 4 a.m. this morning with the 'Tories in a much milder mood - chastened by exhaustion'. 'Agriculture is our most difficult fence in the Bill & we got over it without a scratch, letting alone a fall'.
Written at House of Commons. Gwilym's attack of measles. Uncle Lloyd's health. 'We were just done last night. The Speaker insisted on switching the debate on to China about 10 o'clock - the very time I had intended getting up. Felt quite disappointed but I may have another chance Tuesday next. ... Debate quite a fiasco'.
Written at House of Commons. Gwilym is making excellent progress. 'I am nervous & jumpy where the children are concerned. I own it. But what has happened taught me how brittle child life is - how easily it is down cut like a flower & withereth away. That discovery was a stunning shock to me. I have not yet recovered my nerve & never shall. It haunts me night & day - even on the Treasury Bench'.