Letter from Francis Grenfell (Esplanade Hotel, Berlin, [Germany]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on the navy estimates and the German Navy Law and describing reaction to it in Germany. Encloses a copy of the Berliner Zeitung reporting the speech [see CHAR 2/57/8] and reports on the keenness in Germany for war with France.

Edition of the Berliner Zeitung [Germany] reporting WSC's speech on the navy estimates and the German Navy Law. Sent with CHAR 2/57/7.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (Foreign Office) to WSC referring to a form of words [concerning Anglo-French naval co-operation] suggested by Pierre-Paul Cambon [French Ambassador in London] for exchange between the two governments.

Letter from Henry Massingham (The Nation, 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC explaining why he criticised WSC's speech in Glasgow [Scotland] on naval defence and why he wishes WSC held a government post other than First Lord of the Admiralty.

Letter from C G Stirling (30 Launceston Place, Palace Gate, [London]) to WSC complaining about the conversion of HMS Renown into a yacht to carry the Prince of Wales to India and asking WSC to table a question about it. Annotated by WSC: "no use till Parlt meets. Then too late.".

Letter from Frederick Willson to WSC, enclosing copy of cutting from the Belfast News-Letter, a letter from the Navy League on problems with the sights and mountings of the armament of major warships.

Letter from CSC to WSC, on her stay with Jacques and Consuelo Balsan at Lou Sueil, Eze, also advising him to stand up to Lord Beatty over the Naval Estimates.

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] recommending Rear-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee for the post of Chief of Staff at the Admiralty.

Letter from John Seely [Secretary of State for War, later 1st Lord Mottistone] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on criticism of the Navy Estimates by Sir John Simon [Attorney-General].

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] on the Navy Estimates, particularly the requirement for a supplementary estimate of about 3 million pounds, regretting that this could not be reduced to the limit of 1.4 million required by the Treasury. [Hand-written draft, signed by WSC].

Letter from Sir Richard M'Bride, Prime Minister of British Columbia [Canada] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Canadian contribution to the Royal Navy.

Letter from J Norton Griffiths (Train en-route to Baku [Azerbaydzhan]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on Anglo-German naval relations.

Note [? by Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on the extent of the grand naval manoeuvres and the advantages of extending them.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the need to complete the Californian oil bargain, for a million tons of oil a year at 53 shillings a ton. [Carbon copy; see CHAR 13/21/66 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the need to make a contract with Henri Deterding [Director, Shell Oil Company] to secure the use of Shell oil tankers in time of war. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/21/71-73 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the interim report of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines. [See CHAR 13/21/70 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the work of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, advising him to read the report of the technical and scientific committee on blending and mixing of oils; Fisher also mentions the proposed installation of improved engines for battleships and attacks critics who "cast a stone at the Dreadnought type". [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/21/74-78 for original].