by Simon Heffer
288. Ibid., col. 1841.
289. Ibid., col. 1843.
290. Ibid., col. 1861.
291. Ibid., col. 1865.
292. Ibid., cols 1867–68.
293. Ibid., col. 1880.
294. Martel, p. 136.
295. Grey, II, p. 20.
296. Morley, p. 29.
297. Ibid., p. 30.
298. Ibid., p. 31.
299. G&T, p. 308.
300. Ibid.
301. Ibid., p. 311.
302. Ibid., p. 312.
303. Ibid., p. 314.
304. Ibid., p. 347.
305. Ibid., p. 351.
306. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 1927.
307. Asquith, II, p. 21.
308. Scott, p. 99.
309. G&T, p. 318.
310. Ibid., p. 320.
311. Haig, p. 67.
312. G&T, p. 328.
313. Samuel, p. 105.
314. G&T, p. 330.
315. Ibid., p. 360.
316. Ibid., p. 355.
317. RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1914: 4 August.
318. Hankey, I, p. 165.
319. Strachan, p. 162.
320. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 6.
321. Darroch, p. 141.
322. Russell, II, p. 15.
323. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 9.
Chapter 2: War
1. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 10.
2. Ibid., 10 August 1914, p. 9.
3. Keynes, p. 133.
4. The Times, 6 August 1914, p. 3.
5. G&T, p. 339.
6. Russell, II, p. 16.
7. Retrieved from http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/579656/neutrality-league-announcement-no-2-1914/
8. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 7.
9. Ibid, 6 August 1914, p. 3.
10. Ibid, 15 August 1914, p. 3.
11. Hyman, p. 149.
12. See Heffer, AD, pp. 337–57.
13. Hyman, p. 149.
14. Postgate, p. 152.
15. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 8.
16. DeGroot II, p. 65.
17. Parker, p. 39.
18. Riddell, p. 13.
19. Russell, II, p. 17.
20. Parry, p. 216.
21. The Times, 7 August 1914, p. 1.
22. VBC, p. 7.
23. The Times, 12 August 1914, p. 7.
24. Webb, III, p. 218.
25. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 38.
26. Scott, p. 101.
27. Hammond, p. 181.
28. The Times, 5 August 1914, p. 7.
29. Sommer, p. 307.
30. Heffer, AD, pp. 483–84.
31. Asquith, Diary, p. 24.
32. Asquith, VS, p. 153.
33. Ibid., pp. 39–40.
34. Lloyd Papers: GLLD 28/6, diary entry for 6 August 1914.
35. Asquith, VS, p. 157.
36. Adams I, p. 5.
37. Scott, p. 100.
38. Churchill R., p. 184.
39. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 805.
40. Asquith, VS, p. 177.
41. Ibid., p. 241.
42. The Times, 15 August 1914, p. 3.
43. Hynes, p. 88.
44. Holroyd, II, p. 348.
45. Ibid., p. 349.
46. Ibid., p. 354.
47. Ibid., p. 355.
48. Hansard, Vol. 68 col. 305.
49. Ibid., col. 306.
50. Ibid., col. 307.
51. Ibid., col. 308.
52. Morrell I, p. 277.
53. The Times, 2 September 1914, p. 9.
54. Holroyd, II, p. 345.
55. Chitty, p. 220.
56. OFMH, p. 108.
57. Hynes, p. 36.
58. Hansard, Vol. 65, col. 2076.
59. Ibid., col. 2077.
60. Ibid., col. 2079.
61. Asquith, VS, p. 157.
62. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 1986.
63. Andrew, p. 58.
64. See, for example, Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 267.
65. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 1989.
66. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 501.
67. The Times, 12 August 1914, p. 3.
68. Ibid., 15 August 1914, p. 3.
69. Ibid.
70. Fox, p. 47.
71. Stevenson F., p. 3.
72. The Times, 21 September 1914, p. 9.
73. Ibid., 23 October 1914, p. 4.
74. Ibid., 24 October 1914, p. 3.
75. Haste, p. 113.
76. Asquith, VS, p. 285.
77. Ibid., p. 286.
78. Searle, p. 245.
79. The Times, 30 October 1914, p. 10.
80. RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1914: 29 October.
81. The Times, 30 October 1914, p. 9.
82. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 226.
83. The Times, 6 August 1914, p. 3.
84. Ibid., 15 August 1914, p. 3.
85. Andrew, p. 55.
86. The Times, 31 October 1914, p. 4.
87. Hansard, Vol. 68 col. 126.
88. Ibid., cols 134–35.
89. The Times, 11 November 1914, p. 9.
90. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 72.
91. Andrew, p. 53.
92. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 74.
93. Ibid., col. 83.
94. Hankey, I, p. 220.
95. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 133.
96. Andrew, pp. 75–76.
97. The Times, 29 September 1914, p. 3.
98. Taylor I, p. 1.
99. Hankey, I, p. 4.
100. Asquith, VS, p. 326.
101. Hankey, I, p. 184.
102. Asquith, VS, p. 187.
103. Cooper, p. 52.
104. Hansard, Vol. 65, col. 2197.
105. Ibid., col. 2198.
106. The Times, 10 August 1914, p. 5.
107. Ibid., 11 August 1914, p. 2.
108. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 2082.
109. Asquith, Diary, p. 15.
110. Repington, II, p. 198.
111. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 2213.
112. Meleady, p. 301.
113. Ibid., Vol. 65 col. 2298.
114. Petrie, II, pp. 1–2.
115. PA: BL/34/5/2.
116. Blake, p. 229.
117. Petrie, II, p. 11.
118. The Times, 15 September 1914, p. 10.
119. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 882.
120. Ibid., col. 893.
121. Ibid., col. 894.
122. The Times, 14 September 1914, p. 9.
123. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 902.
124. Ibid., col. 905.
125. Asquith, VS, p. 240.
126. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 905.
127. RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1914: 17 September.
128. The Times, 17 September 1914, p. 10.
129. Haig, p. 69.
130. PA: BL/117/1/2.
131. Callwell, I, p. 159.
132. Robertson, I, pp. 56–57.
133. Haig, p. 70.
134. Asquith, VS, p. 164.
135. Holmes, p. 1.
136. Asquith, VS, p. 168.
137. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 66 col. 501.
138. Hankey, I, p. 187.
139. Asquith, VS, p. 190.
140. Ibid., p. 195.
141. Ibid., p. 197.
142. Ibid., p. 191.
143. Gilbert, III(C), I, p. 54.
144. Asquith, Diary, p. 23.
145. Hansard, Vol. 65 col. 2154.
146. Ibid., col. 2155.
147. Ibid., col. 2201.
148. Taylor II, p. 86.
149. Clark A., p. 3.
150. Wilson, p. 26.
151. Ibid., p. 27.
152. J. M. McEwen: ‘Northcliffe and Lloyd George at War, 1914–1918’, The Historical Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 651.
153. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 373.
154. Ibid., col. 454.
155. Ibid., col. 455.
156. Ibid., col. 477.
157. Ibid., col. 481.
158. Esh
er Papers: ESHR 2/13, diary entry for 31 August 1914.
159. Campbell, p. 378.
160. The Times, 1 September 1914, p. 9.
161. Northcliffe papers: BL Add MS 65156.
162. Gilbert, III(C), I, p. 96.
163. Asquith, VS, p. 395.
164. The Times, 21 September 1914, p. 9.
165. Asquith, VS, p. 226. The French roughly translates as ‘he who lives will see’.
166. E&H, p. 119.
167. The Times, 2 September 1914, p. 4; ibid., 3 September, p. 4.
168. From his Army Order of 19 August 1914, retrieved from https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/kaisercontemptible.htm.
169. The Times, 3 September 1914, p. 4.
170. Hansard, Vol. 66 col. 607.
171. Ibid., col. 608.
172. Ibid., col. 610.
173. Ibid., col. 614.
174. Ibid., col. 664.
175. Ibid., col. 666.
176. Ibid., col. 667.
177. Asquith, VS, p. 234.
178. Ibid., p. 235.
179. Asquith, Diary, p. 34.
180. Webb, III, p. 217.
181. Bell, p. 22.
182. The Times, 5 September 1914, p. 9.
183. Asquith, VS, p. 246.
184. Churchill R., p. 193.
185. DeGroot II, p. 24.
186. The Times, 5 October 1914, p. 10.
187. Ibid., 28 September 1914, p. 4.
188. Asquith, VS, p. 260.
189. Bell, p. 28
190. Asquith, VS, p. 266.
191. Ibid., p. 275.
192. Ibid., p. 285.
193. Bell, p. 36.
194. Stevenson F., p. 6.
195. Asquith, VS, p. 221.
196. Ibid., p. 243.
197. Ibid., p. 225.
198. Ibid., p. 232.
199. RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1914: 29 October.
200. Asquith, VS, p. 298.
201. Ibid., p. 266.
202. Samuel, p. 107.
203. Hankey, I, p. 217.
204. The Times, 3 October 1914, p. 3.
205. Ibid., 7 August 1914, p. 2.
206. Retrieved from http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/763919.html.
207. The Times, 8 September 1914, p. 4.
208. Ibid., 4 March 1915, p 9.
209. Ibid., 5 March 1915, p. 9.
210. Ibid., p. 10.
211. Ibid., 6 March 1915, p. 9.
212. Ibid., 20 May 1915, p. 9.
213. Ibid., 22 May 1915, p. 5.
214. Asquith, Diary, p. 41. For a detailed account of these tribulations see Heffer, AD, Chapters 14 to 18 passim.
Chapter 3: Coalition
1. Hansard, Vol. 68 col. 4.
2. The Times, 12 November 1914, p. 9.
3. Hansard, Vol. col. 348.
4. Ibid., col. 349.
5. Ibid., col. 351.
6. Ibid., col. 354.
7. Ibid., col. 370.
8. Ibid., col. 376.
9. Hankey, I, p. 242.
10. Asquith, VS, p. 309.
11. Hankey, I, p. 239.
12. The Times, 17 December 1914, p. 8.
13. Asquith, Diary, p. 61.
14. The Times, 17 December 1914, p. 9.
15. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 295.
16. Ibid., cols 300–01.
17. Ibid., col. 302.
18. The Times, 21 January 1915, p. 9.
19. Hansard, Vol. 69 col. 1111.
20. Ibid., Vol. 70 col. 402.
21. Ibid., Vol. 69 col. 1223.
22. The Times, 11 November 1914, p. 4.
23. Hansard, Vol. 70 col. 154.
24. The Times, 3 March 1915, p. 10.
25. Asquith, VS, p. 448.
26. The Times, 3 March 1915, p. 11.
27. Hansard (Lords), Vol. 18 col. 720.
28. Ibid., col. 721.
29. Ibid., col. 722.
30. The Times, 10 November 1914, p. 4.
31. LG, I, p. 194.
32. Asquith, VS, p. 520.
33. Rose II, p. 174.
34. RA GV/PRIV/GVD/1915: 29 March.
35. Marvin Rintala, ‘Taking the Pledge: H. H. Asquith and Drink’, Biography, Vol. 16 No. 2, p. 110.
36. Grigg I, p. 438.
37. Scott, p. 121.
38. Asquith, Diary, p. 92.
39. Asquith, VS, p. 525(n).
40. Asquith, Diary, p. 93.
41. Lee, p. 157.
42. Marvin Rintala, op. cit., p. 106.
43. Asquith, VS, p. 509.
44. Blake, p. 239.
45. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 864.
46. Ibid., cols 872–73.
47. Ibid., col. 894.
48. Quoted in The Times, 1 May 1915, p. 10.
49. Ibid., 30 April 1915, p. 11.
50. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 899.
51. The Times, 3 May 1915, p. 10.
52. Ibid.
53. The Times, 31 March 1915, p. 5.
54. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 256.
55. The Times, 29 April 1915, p. 5.
56. Ibid., 1 April 1915, p. 5.
57. Ibid., 19 March 1915, p. 10.
58. Ibid., 19 April 1915, p. 5.
59. Stevenson F., p. 6.
60. Clark A., p. 57.
61. The Times, 23 April 1915, p. 5.
62. Ibid., 20 April 1915, p. 4.
63. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 834.
64. Russell, II, p. 51.
65. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 107.
66. Riddell, p. 36.
67. Stevenson F., p. 3.
68. Asquith, VS, p. 298.
69. Asquith, Diary, p. 45.
70. Ibid., p. 311.
71. Ibid., p. 317.
72. Hankey, I, p. 238.
73. Asquith, VS, p. 184.
74. Asquith, MR, II, p. 43.
75. Asquith, VS, p. 327.
76. PRO CAB 42/1/11.
77. Asquith, VS, p. 331.
78. Esher Papers: ESHR 2/13, diary entry for 18 December 1914.
79. Grey, II, p. 69.
80. Asquith, VS, p. 345.
81. Ibid., p. 346.
82. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 347.
83. Asquith, Diary, p. 68.
84. Grigg I, pp. 192–93.
85. Asquith, VS, p. 356.
86. Ibid., p. 359.
87. Bell, p. 85.
88. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 380.
89. Ibid., p. 367.
90. The Times, 22 January 1915, p. 33.
91. Ibid.
92. Newton, p. 445.
93. Blake, p. 238.
94. Asquith, VS, p. 387.
95. Bell, p. 76.
96. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 433.
97. Esher Papers: ESHR 2/13, diary entry for 24 January 1915.
98. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 461.
99. Asquith, VS, p. 405.
100. Asquith, MR, II, p. 88.
101. Robertson, I, p. 147.
102. Rose II, p. 173.
103. Taylor F., p. 18.
104. The Times, 9 February 1915, p. 8.
105. Hansard, Vol. 69 col. 146.
106. Ibid., cols 220–22.
107. Ibid., col. 330.
108. Ibid., col. 332.
109. Ibid., col. 333.
110. The Times, 9 February 1915, p. 9.
111. Riddell, p. 62.
112. Ibid., p. 449.
113. Asquith, VS, p. 445.
114. Hansard, Vol. 70 col. 598.
115. Roskill, I, p. 168.
116. Gilbert III(C), I, p. 710.
117. Roskill, I, p. 168.
118. Barnett, p. 85.
119. Hansard, Vol. 70 col. 501.
120. Ibid., Vol. 71 col. 314.
121. Asquith, Diary, p. 73.
122. Ibid., pp. 88–89.
123. Newton, p. 445.
124. Asquith, Diary, p. 84.
125. Asquith, VS, p. 165.
126. Ibid., p. 423.
127. Hankey, I, p. 289.
1
28. Asquith, VS, p. 508.
129. Ibid., p. 484.
130. Ibid., p. 491.
131. See Asquith, VS, pp. 502–03.
132. Riddell, p. 65.
133. Wilson, p. 80.
134. Scott, p. 119.
135. Ibid., p. 120.
136. Riddell, p. 78.
137. Asquith, VS, p. 519.
138. Grigg I, p. 224.
139. Wilson, p. 75.
140. Asquith, VS, p. 514.
141. Ibid., p. 522.
142. Riddell, p. 98.
143. PRO CAB 42/2/17.
144. Asquith, VS, p. 520.
145. Wilson, p. 81.
146. Asquith, VS, p. 551.
147. Ibid., p. 553.
148. Hankey, I, p. 299.
149. The Times, 16 April 1915, p. 5.
150. VBC, p. 39.
151. Thompson II, p. 55.
152. The Times, 1 April 1915, p. 4.
153. Ibid., 19 April 1915, p. 4.
154. Ibid., 20 April 1915, p. 11.
155. Ibid., 21 April 1915, p. 9.
156. Ibid., p. 10.
157. Adams I, p. 15.
158. Asquith, VS, p. 560.
159. The Times, 21 April 1915, p. 9.
160. Asquith, Diary, p. 101.
161. Ibid., p. 103.
162. Asquith, VS, p. 557.
163. Ibid.
164. Ibid., p. 558.
165. Ibid., p. 562.
166. Ibid.
167. The Times, 22 April 1915, p. 11.
168. Ibid., 28 April 1915, p. 5.
169. Ibid., 22 April 1915, p. 11.
170. Asquith, VS, p. 564.
171. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 313.
172. Ibid., col. 315.
173. The Times, 23 April 1915, p. 9.
174. Asquith, VS, p. 583.
175. Ibid., pp. 597 and 589.
176. Ibid., 6 May 1915, p. 9.
177. Wilson, p. 87.
178. The Times, 26 May 1915, p. 9.
179. Postgate, p. 157.
180. Hyman, p. 132.
181. Stevenson II, p. 15.
182. The Times, 10 May 1915, p. 9.
183. Ibid., 8 May 1915, p. 9.
184. The Times, 11 May 1915, p. 9.
185. Esher Papers: ESHR 2/14, diary entry for 9 May 1915.
186. Asquith, VS, p. 590.
187. Ibid., p. 593.
188. Ibid., p. 596.
189. Asquith Papers: MS.Eng.lett.c.542/1/6.
190. Asquith, Diary, p. 109.
191. Jolliffe, p. 202.
192. VBC, pp. 49–50.
193. The Times, 13 May 1915, p. 10.
194. Asquith, Diary, p. 112.
195. The Times, 15 May 1915, p. 9.
196. Ibid., p. 7.
197. Ibid., 13 May 1915, p. 9.
198. Hansard, Vol. 71 col. 1842.
199. Ibid., Vol. 83 col. 1071.
200. The Times, 13 May 1915, p. 9.
201. Ibid., 18 May 1915, p. 4.
202. For background details about Repington, see Heffer, AD, pp. 553–54.
203. The Times, 14 May 1915, p. 8.
204. P&H, p. 475.
205. Riddell, p. 87.
206. W. Michael Ryan, ‘From “Shells Scandal” to Bow Street: The Denigration of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington’, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 50 No. 2, p. D1099.
