Letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain, (9 Egerton Place [London]) to WSC, on the Irish policy of the Conservative Party, opposing the Home Rule Bill. Chamberlain regrets that he could not appear on a public platform with WSC or any other member of the Government, and that he had sent a telegram to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, regretting that he was unable to attend a meeting to stimulate recruiting in the city.