Cutting from the "Daily Telegraph": speech by Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] at the Manchester Constitutional Club rejecting WSC's arguments in favour of Home Rule.

Cutting from the "Dundee Advertiser" criticising the Ulster Unionist Council's announced intention of preventing the holding of the forthcoming Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC.

Cutting from the "Pall Mall Gazette" urging WSC not to inflame Unionist opinion by addressing a Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland].

Cutting from the "Dundee Advertiser" criticising the Unionists' reaction to the forthcoming Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC.

Cutting from the "Star": letter from W H Davey of the Ulster Liberal Association criticising the resolution of the Ulster Unionist Council to try to prevent the forthcoming Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC.

Cutting from the "Morning Leader": article by James Douglas recalling the Home Rule crisis of 1886 and reflecting on the current entrenched opinions on the subject in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] which make it advisable that WSC should abandon his plan to address a Home Rule meeting there.

Cutting from the "Bath Chronicle": letter from J W Tranter attacking the Ulster Unionists' announced intention of preventing the Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC and citing other examples of the Unionists' "tyranny".

Cutting from the "Manchester Dispatch": article by "a Loyalist" suggesting that the Ulster Unionists may have made a tactical mistake in announcing their intention of preventing the Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] to be addressed by WSC.

Cutting from the "Huddersfield Examine" [Yorkshire] attacking the Ulster Unionists' declared intention of preventing the Home Rule meeting in Belfast [Ulster, Ireland] and claiming that William Gladstone favoured a measure of Home Rule for all parts of the United Kingdom as early as 1866.

Cuttings from the "Daily News": speeches against Home Rule by Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson], F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and others; preparations by the Ulster Unionist Council and the Ulster Liberal Association for the Home Rule meeting to be addressed by WSC in Belfast; the malign example set by the "lawlessness" of the Unionists. 2 cuttings.

Letter from J L Garvin (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, High Holborn, [London]) to WSC protesting about a pamphlet issued by the Home Rule Council misrepresenting his attitude to Home Rule and his role in the supposed "'Tory plot at the Veto Conference'".

Letter from J L Garvin (9 Greville Place, [London]) to WSC on: the need for Britain to maintain its naval strength; the support of most Unionists of Andrew Bonar Law's position on Home Rule for Ireland; the vital importance of recognising that Ulster can never be dealt with by force.

Letter from G Wallace Carter, general secretary of the Home Rule Council (Parliament Chambers, Great Smith Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC (Admiralty) enclosing the first report and financial statement of the Home Rule Council [see CHAR 2/61/8-9] and stating that the Council will have to increase its efforts until the Home Rule Bill is law. Signed typescript.

Letter from [WSC] to [Sir George Ritchie] on the importance of setting up the Irish parliament in Dublin before the general election and on how the opposition of the Unionists can be dealt with. Typescript copy.

Letter from [WSC] to J Bait stating his belief that Protestants in Ulster will not be persecuted for their religion under a system of Home Rule but that extreme Protestants will mistreat Catholics as a result of the encouragement given to bigotry and lawlessness given by the leaders of the Conservative Party.

Letter from [WSC] to [?] expressing his wish that the question of provincial parliaments for England should be ventilated but that it should not get in the way of Home Rule for Ireland.

Letter from Augustine Birrell (Irish Office) to WSC on the need for the Home Rule Bill to be acceptable to Irishmen.

Letter from Julian Haslem (New Barracks, Fermoy, County Cork, [Ireland]) to WSC reporting that the officers of several infantry regiments intend to resign rather than fight in Ulster.

Cutting from the Heckmondwike Herald, on speech by WSC to Spen Valley Conservative Association [Yorkshire], subjects covered include Home Rule, the Truck Acts, India, and the need for a Church Discipline Bill.

Letter from Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord Quickswood] to WSC, on speaking in House of Commons debate on Alfred Lynch, [Irish Nationalist MP for Galway, and Colonel of Irish Brigade serving with the Boers], also on possibility of "joining a Middle Party,when there is a Middle Party to join", and the possibility of WSC being offered a post in a Rosebery [Liberal] administration.

Letter from George Wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland, to WSC, asking him to write and speak on Irish affairs, offering to provide information.

Telegram from Eamon de Valera [Prime Minister of Ireland] to WSC suggesting Lord Cranborne [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 5th Lord Salisbury] visit to develop "a fuller understanding of our position".

Telegram from WSC to Eamon de Valera [Prime Minister of Ireland] agreeing to send Lord Cranborne [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 5th Lord Salisbury] to Eire for discussions; will arrange secret visit for himself and Stephenson [? John Stephenson, Assistant Secretary, Dominions Office].

Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [Mackenzie King] to WSC advising consulting the British Ambassador to the United States [Lord Halifax, earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin] before making decision on introducing conscription to Northern Ireland; as the issue is controversial in Canada and may affect Canadian unity.