India (nation)
Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 04 May 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to Patrick Donner enclosing three letters. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 05 May 1933
Letter from [Violet Pearman] to Patrick Donner stating that WSC agrees that opponents of the Government's Indian policy should take counter moves at Ashridge College [Hertfordshire]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 13 May 1933
(Untitled), 31 Mar 1933
Letter from [WSC] to [Lord Carson, earlier Sir Edward Carson] thanking him for his encouraging letter and expressing his determination to continue the fight [on India] to the end. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to John Gretton [later 1st Lord Gretton] enclosing another copy of CHAR 2/193/2-3 and commenting that the House of Commons was "very leaden" during his speech [on India] because it was too long and ambitious. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to 4th Lord Salisbury on the composition of the Joint Select Committee on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] explaining why he severed his political links with Hoare and Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] over Indian policy, predicting that this policy will lead to disaster and promising to consider the invitation to be proposed as a member of the Joint Select Committee on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 04 Apr 1933
Letter from H A Gwynne (The Morning Post, 15 Tudor Street, [London]) to WSC agreeing that it would be right for opponents of the Government's White Paper on India to refuse to serve on the Joint Select Committee because it has been packed in favour of Government supporters, but suggesting that since 4th Lord Salisbury is remaining a member, WSC should also accept nomination in the Commons and produce a devastating minority report.
(Untitled), 05 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] refusing to serve on the Joint Select Committee on India because it will be dominated by supporters of the Government's White Paper. Carbon typescript copy, with two further copies.
(Untitled), 06 Apr 1933
Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (India Office) to WSC regretting his decision not to join the Joint Select Committee on India and denying that WSC's views are under-represented on the committee.
(Untitled), 07 Apr 1933
Letter from Lord Burnham (Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, [Buckinghamshire]) to WSC deploring his decision not to join the Joint Select Committee on India because it will weaken the representation of those opposed to the Government's White Paper.
(Untitled), 08 Apr 1933
Letter from ? (Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, [Ceylon, later Sri Lanka]) to WSC pointing to what he sees as the failure of the Ceylon constitution as a lesson for India, attacking David Lloyd George's encouragement of Ceylon nationalism and wishing that he would join with WSC in leading a new right-wing party.
(Untitled), 09 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to 2nd Lord Halsbury recommending that he make his plans in the light of what happens during the forthcoming important debate [on India] in the House of Commons.
(Untitled), 09 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Burnham stating that the packing of the [Joint Select Committee on India] is a scandal. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [11] [Apr] [1933]
Draft press statement by WSC commenting on the large Conservative vote on the previous night in the House of Commons against the Government's Indian policy.
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1933
Cutting from the Times: report of speech by William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] on: the economic position, Russia, Ormsby-Gore's opposition to WSC, David Lloyd George and Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] and his support for the Government's Indian policy.
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Robert Perkins accepting the invitation to address the Gloucester and Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative and Unionist Associations because they have given him complete freedom to express his views on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 14 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Captain Neston Diggle expressing interest in what happened at Diggle's meeting held to oppose Government policy on India. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1933
Letter from William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] (Office of Works) to WSC accusing him of misrepresenting the position of Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] and other Conservatives who support Government policy on India, denying that they have abandoned their principles and asserting that it is inevitable that they will criticise WSC in return.
(Untitled), 14 Apr 1933
Letter from [WSC] to William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] agreeing that he should bring the name of Stanley Baldwin [later Lord Baldwin] more often into the attacks he makes on Government policy on India. Annotated carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1933
Telegram from WSC to William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech] informing him of an amendment he is making in the press copy of a letter from him to Ormsby-Gore [see CHAR 2/193/37. Annotated typescript copy. Shorter version at CHAR 2/193/40.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1933
Shorter version of CHAR 2/193/39.
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1933
Letter from Stanley Bratle, member of the Indian Empire Society, to WSC emphasising the problem of hatred between religions in India and the dishonest and indecent aspects of Hinduism, and arguing that the concepts of democracy are alien to the oriental mind and are merely being exploited by the unscrupulous.
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1933
Letter from Neston Diggle (Stopham House, Pulborough, Sussex) to WSC on the carrying of a resolution condemning Government policy on India at a meeting of his local association and the need for Conservative MPs who support the Government to "repent".
(Untitled), 20 Apr 1933
Telegram from "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster] (Mimizan, [France]) to WSC: "letter received. Will do all possible." [Refers to the campaign against the Government's policy on India]. With note that the telegram was forwarded to Lord Lloyd [earlier Sir George Lloyd].