Handwritten letter from WSC (6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, In the Field) to [C P] Scott, 10 Apr 1916

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/2/6/21

Scope and Contents

On subjects including a potential crisis in the Government; recommending that all military MPs be summoned for a debate [in the House of Commons on conscription, the second Military Service Act]; the possibility of a change in government [and a coalition government] and that they should put aside party politics with an understanding that their Liberal position wouldn't be altered after the war; [Herbert] Asquith's "numbing hand" on action from the Government; that Scott should meet [Sir Edward] Carson, [Sir Frederick] Cawley and [David] Lloyd George [to discuss a coalition] and use his influence to "knit together the forces that may best serve us in the present catastrophe and preserve our political conceptions".

Dates

Creation: 10 Apr 1916

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.

This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Extent

1 item(s)

External Documents

The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions

Additional Description

Custodial History

Stamped "The Chartwell Trust" so this letter was part of the Chartwell papers stamped at the Public Records Office in 1961-1964.

Bibliography

An abridged version of this letter is published in 'Winston S. Churchill' volume III 'The Challenge of War' by Martin Gilbert, p. 753. The full letter is published in 'The Churchill Documents' volume 7 'The Escaped Scapegoat, May 1915-December 1916' by Martin Gilbert, pp. 1486-1487.