Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech in the Albert Hall [London] and praising his campaign on India.

Letter from [WSC] to Oliver Locker-Lampson praising his organisation of the [Indian Empire Society meeting at the Albert Hall, London] and inviting him to hear his speech at the Constitutional Club, where he is going to attack Leo Amery for expressing more anger against his opponents on India than he does against "our Socialist enemy." [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Houghton (50 Granada Road, Southsea, Hampshire) citing Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob [former Commander-in-Chief in India] as the authority [for WSC's assertion that Mohandas Gandhi has suggested that white janissaries should be employed in India under a Hindu government. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Houghton (50 Granada Road, Southsea, Hampshire) to [WSC] asking for a reference to the speech mentioned by WSC in which Mohandas Gandhi suggested that white janissaries should be employed in India under a Hindu government and referring to his difficulty in making people understand what Gandhi really stands for.

Letter from [WSC] to 5th Lord Headley [earlier Rowland Allanson-Winn] thanking him for his letter [see CHAR 2/180B/116 and CHAR 2/180B/117] and assuring him that he will do all he can to save India from the perils which threaten it. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (Admiralty House, Portsmouth, [Hampshire] to WSC returning a copy of "Mother India" [by Katherine Mayo], agreeing with WSC's view on the negotiations with Mohandas Gandhi, referring to his father's service on the Indian frontier, and attacking the recent "petty vindication and poisonous speech" on India by Leo Amery.

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC on the letters written to the press by Society members, the prospects for continuing the campaign in Scotland and Lancashire, and the expenses and success of the meeting in the Albert Hall [London].

Letter from [WSC] to Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] reporting that he has given the statement [of the cost of the Indian Empire Society meeting at the Albert Hall, London] to Oliver Locker-Lampson and commenting on the deficit. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC enclosing a statement of the cost of the Society meeting at the Albert Hall, London [not present], reporting that not so many seats would have been given away had the high demand been predicted, and thanking WSC for a "bloody proclamation" from Burma [later Myanmar], which he thinks shows "that educated or half-educated people are in the revolutionary movement.".

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC on the 100 pounds that Oliver Locker-Lampson has made available to pay off some of the deficit incurred by the organisation of the Society meeting at the Albert Hall, London.

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Brendan Bracken (8 North Street, London) enclosing questions from the Indian Empire Society which WSC would like Bracken to ask in the House of Commons [not present]. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Sir [John] Mark Hunter ([Secretary of the] Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) reporting that WSC has asked Brendan Bracken to ask in the House of Commons the questions Hunter sent. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC asking him to put questions on Communal violence in India to the Secretary of State for India [William Wedgwood Benn, later 1st Lord Stansgate].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, London) to WSC quoting a telegram from a member of the Indian Legislative (Central) Assembly and the Round Table Conference to Waris Ameer Ali expressing gratitude for the support given to the Muslims at the Society meeting in the Albert Hall [London] and warning of the danger of conciliating extremists.

Letter from [Violet Pearman], Private Secretary to WSC, to Sir [John] Mark Hunter ([Secretary of the] Indian Empire Society, 28 Alfred Place, London) conveying WSC's view that the telegram quoted in CHAR 2/180B/137 should be published. [Carbon typescript copy].

Note of WSC's reply to CHAR 2/180B/140-148.

Telegram from Shaukatali Abdullaharoon Shafidaudi (New Delhi, [India]) to WSC conveying the resolutions of the All-India Muslim Conference deploring the Hindu violence against Muslims [at Cawnpore, later Kanpur] and explaining the Muslims' dissatisfaction with the Round Table Conference proposals on provincial government and federation.

Letter from [WSC] to Mohammed Ishaque (102 Prinsep Street, P O Dhurrumtolla, Calcutta, [India]) agreeing with most of his letter [on the situation in India] and predicting that all will come right in the end. [Carbon typescript copy. Annotated that the letter was sent to Sir Robert Horne].

Letter from A B Platt Allen (The Cottage, Aldford, near Chester [Cheshire]) to WSC praising his stand on India and suggesting that he have an interview with Sir Charles Tegart, the Calcutta Commissioner of Police, who is currently in London.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir [John] Mark Hunter [Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] describing his intention of publishing his speeches on India, suggesting that further meetings on the matter should be delayed a little and that 1st Lord Brentford [earlier Sir William Joynson-Hicks] should be asked to address other Indian Empire Society meetings, where he might be joined by 1st Lord Lloyd. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Archie Sinclair [later Lord Thurso], Robin Hood farm, Kingston Vale, London, to WSC, sympathy on motor accident in New York. Also commenting on success of his speech on India "I wonder if you ever spoke better...", and on the progress of the National Government "Like a char a banc without brakes, we go tearing round awkward corners, but we cling patriotically to our seats. None of us has been flung out yet".

Letter from [ ], Alloa House, Alloa to WSC, thanks for letter of sympathy on the death of "Jumbo".

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir (John) Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society] on publicity for the Society meeting in Manchester and the desirability of Sir Frank Boyd-Merriman [MP for Rusholme Division, Manchester, later 1st Lord Merriman] and Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] speaking at it. [Carbon typescript copy].

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has seen staff of the Daily Mail about the forthcoming meeting in Manchester and suggesting speakers for the meeting.

Letter from Sir [John] Mark Hunter, Secretary of the Indian Empire Society (28 Alfred Place, [London]) to WSC reporting that the executive committee of the Society has agreed that Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] should be invited to speak after WSC at the Manchester meeting.