Letter from [WSC] to the Maharaja of Alwar [India] on: the imminent acceptance by the people in Mesopotamia [later Iraq] of Emir Feisal; the efforts to secure a better recognition of the status of Indians in the British colonies and the particular difficulties this poses in South Africa; the defeat of the miners in the coal strike and the improving economic prospects for Britain; the good qualities of the Viceroy of India [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs]. Typescript copy.

Letter from James Phillpotts (The Ousels, Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]) to WSC approving the fact that Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] has not joined the South African Union because if it did it could be lost to the Empire and suggesting that money could be made available to support Rhodesia if Britain gave up support for aggressive Zionism in Palestine in favour of a more moderate policy.

Letter from Dr J Murray Clark (Clark, McPherson, Campbell and Jarvis, barristers and solicitors, The Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/122/24 and calling for the co-ordination of information about the disbursement of foreign money to foment unrest in the United States, Canada and South Africa and elsewhere in the Empire.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Cutting from the "Globe" contrasting WSC's present advocacy of federalism with his adoption of the opposite principle when helping to frame the constitution of South Africa.

Letter from Abe Bailey (P O Box 50, Johannesburg, [South Africa]) to WSC asserting that financial panic could spread throughout South Africa if Chinese labour were abolished. Refers to Jan Smuts' "greasy loyalty" and predicts that WSC will become Prime Minister.

Letter from Annette Anning (Midland Hotel, Manchester) to [F Bryant] stating that WSC is unable to address a meeting at Wellington [Somerset] and giving his views on Chinese labour. Copy.

Letter from Robert Outhwaite (375 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham) to WSC thanking him for his letter of support during the West Birmingham campaign and expressing satisfaction that WSC is to represent the colonies in the House of Commons. Claims that his (Outhwaite's) campaign against Chinese labour showed him that "the Colonial Office had become a rallying point for corruptionists posing as 'Imperialists.'".

Letter from Lindsay Hirsch (L Hirsch & Co, Warnford Court, Throgmorton Street, London) to WSC on the depreciation of the South African market.

Letter from William Clegg (Whirlow Green, Sheffield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC praising his performance as Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies, in particular his speech on [martial law in] Natal, [South Africa], but criticising the Lord Chancellor's policy on the appointment of JPs and the government's attitude to the Trades Disputes Bill.

Letter from Sir Alfred Turner (Woodside, Hailsham, Sussex) to WSC praising his speech of the previous night [on the conciliation of South Africa].

Letter from Josiah Wedgwood (House of Commons) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and giving advice on the composition of the upper house there.

Telegram from J Hawksley (Commercial Sale Rooms, [?London]) to WSC (12 Bolton Street) congratulating him [on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal, South Africa].

Letter from Fitzroy Stewart (10 Egerton Gardens, [London]) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and asking him to sign a photograph of himself.

Letter from Francis J Donner (Transvaal Estates and Development Company Limited, Threadneedle House, 28-31 Bishopsgate Street Within, London) congratulating him on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] and predicting that prosperity will soon return to that region.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Reform Club, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal, South Africa].

Letter from Lord James of Hereford (Breamore, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC praising his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa].

Letter from the 9th Duke of Marlborough ("Sunny") (Blenheim Palace) to WSC praising the form of his speech on his proposed constitution for the Transvaal [South Africa] but giving detailed criticisms of the proposals. Also discusses the chairmanship of the commission on shipping freights.

Letter from Daniel Thomas, honorary general secretary of the South Islington Liberal and Radical Association (15 Lonsdale Square, [London]) to WSC transmitting the Association's resolution calling on the government to repatriate Chinese labourers from South Africa.

Letter from WSC (Colonial Office) to Daniel Thomas, honorary general secretary of the South Islington Liberal and Radical Association (15 Lonsdale Square, [London]), denying that the government's policy on Chinese labour in South Africa has been dilatory. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.

Letter from Sir Albert Rollit (Claridge's Hotel, [London]) to WSC (12 Bolton Street) enclosing newspaper cuttings on his declining the invitation to be the Conservative candidate for South Islington [London] [see CHAR 2/2/61], and explaining that one of the main reasons for this was the previous government's policy on Chinese labour in South Africa. Asks to introduce his nephew to WSC.

Letter from J Moore Bayley (47 Temple Row, Birmingham) approving the South African constitution and asserting that the stance of Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] on the fiscal question has shaken the confidence of ordinary voters, and that Joseph Chamberlain's political career is over. Reports the poor state of the local Conservative party.

Letter from Sir Felix Schuster (31 Collingham Road, South Kensington, [London]) to [Sir Francis] Hopwood [later, Lord Southborough] [Permanent Under-Secretary for Colonies] on the bad effects which would follow a reduction in the production of gold in South Africa. Congratulates Hopwood on his recent appointment.

Letter from 5th Lord Rosebery (38 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC on the government's South African policy.

Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Barbon Manor, Kirkby Lonsdale, [Yorkshire]) to WSC on the dispute with Sir Robert Bond [Prime Minister of Newfoundland, later part of Canada], the conduct of the governmnent of Natal [South Africa], and the agreement by King Edward VII to accept the Cullinan Diamond.