Letter from Herbert de Reuter (Reuter's Telegram Company Limited, 24 Old Jewry, London) to WSC explaining why the company did not cable to South Africa the whole of WSC's response in the House of Commons to the Daily Mail's false report of an incident at the Colonial Conference. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC insisting that the full text of his answer was covered by Parliamentary privilege and should have been cabled.

Letter from Cornelia, Lady Wimborne (Canford Manor, Wimborne, [Dorset]) to WSC referring to his recent speech in Edinburgh [Scotland] in which he attacked the Daily Mail and inviting him to come and address a meeting on land reform.

Letter from A P Stevenson (12 Brunswick Square, Brighton, [Sussex]) to WSC congratulating him on his attack on the Daily Mail.

Letter from ?John Wighes (Holly Bank, Repton, Burton-on- Trent, [Staffordshire]) to WSC endorsing his attack on the Daily Mail.

Letter from Herbert Vivian (The Pleasaunce, Woking, [Surrey]) to WSC reporting C Arthur Pearson's explanation of why he was attacking WSC in his newspapers and his pledge to Vivian to desist if WSC made it clear that his (WSC's) attacks on Sir Alfred Harmsworth [later 1st Lord Northcliffe] did not include Pearson. Vivian offers to start a violent campaign against the "reptile press" if WSC does not wish to make concessions to Pearson.

Letter from E P Stevenson (15 Old Cavendish Street, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his campaign [in North-West Manchester] and on his attack on the Harmsworth Press. Denounces the methods of the Daily Mail.

Letter from Hammond Hall, Editor, Daily Graphic, to WSC, on the paper's intention to discourage the policy of preferential tariffs "while not committing ourselves irrevocably to opposition".

Letter from J. St Loe Strachey, Editor of The Spectator, to WSC, on his willingness to back "any Imperialist Free Trade League", even if this meant that the Spectator lost half of its readership.

Letter from Hartman Morgan (Holly Terrace House, Holly Hill, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC announcing his intention of writing temporarily for the Manchester Guardian and referring to WSC's possible consultation of him on certain aspects of the fiscal question.

Issue of the "Free Trader".

Letter from R Millman Mackay (30 Greencroft Gardens, West Hampstead, [London]) to newspaper editors suggesting that all leading newspapers in the Empire should issue commercial supplements to be circulated throughout the Empire. Typescript Sent with CHAR 2/22/36.

Letter from Sir Douglas Straight (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, Holborn, [London]) to WSC asking him to agree to be photographed for publication in the Pall Mall Gazette and congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. 1 card.

Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC reporting that the new owners of the Standard have given him freedom to write on anything except the fiscal question and Joseph Chamberlain, and wondering whether the Liberals can "let the whole Press gradually pass under the control of a great Chamberlainized trust.".

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] (Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire) to WSC referring to the 8th Duke of Devonshire's speech at Rawtenstall [Lancashire] and noting that Sir Alfred Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] is said to be less Chamberlainite than C Arthur Pearson. Reminds WSC to get the approval of Lord Robert Cecil [later Lord Cecil of Chelwood] for the publication of letters from Lord Randolph Churchill to 3rd Lord Salisbury.

Letter from Sir Alfred Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] (the Daily Mail, [London]) to WSC denying that he runs several newspapers advocating different political opinions Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Alfred Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] (the Daily Mail, [London]) to WSC explaining why WSC's recent speech [attacking large newspaper trusts] was thought to refer to Harmsworth. Signed typescript.

Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (Dalmeny House, Edinburgh, [Scotland]) to WSC praising his recent speech in Glasgow and his criticism of C Arthur Pearson's purchase of the Standard.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) to WSC on letters relating to Lord Randolph Churchill's connection with Birmingham, WSC's criticism in the press of C Arthur Pearson, and the insufficient activity of local Free Trade Unionists.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to the editor of the Times defending his (WSC's) criticism of the effect of C Arthur Pearson's purchase of the Standard on the paper's journalists. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC defending his decision to continue to write for the Standard.

Letter from Sidney Low (2 Durham Place, Chelsea, [London]) to WSC explaining that he had no wish to misrepresent WSC in the recent controversy about Low's decision to continue to write for the Standard.

Letter from John Montagu [later 2nd Lord Montagu] (17 Shaftesbury Avenue, London) to WSC on the prosperity of the British car industry and Montagu's unsuccessful attempt to buy the Standard before C Arthur Pearson. Signed typescript.

Letter from WSC [105 Mount Street] to the Editor of the Times criticising the effect on journalistic freedom of C Arthur Pearson's ownership of a number of newspapers. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from WSC [105 Mount Street] to the Editor of the Times reasserting his view that C Arthur Pearson bought the Standard in order to change it into an anti-Free Trade paper. Typescript copy with annotations in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (Dalnawillan, Altnabraec, Caithness, [Scotland]) to WSC congratulating him on his Edinburgh speech, complaining of the "defeatist" attitude of the Scottish Conservative press towards the Anglo-Russian treaty, and stressing the need for David Lloyd George to "stick to his guns.".