Letter from Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood] (18 Cadogan Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing a memorandum by him on Conservative discontent with the Coalition over Irish policy [see CHAR 2/117/52-55] and asking him to get [David Lloyd George] to consider the points it raises.

Memorandum by [Sir Samuel Hoare, later Lord Templewood] on Conservative discontent with the Coalition over Irish policy and the need for David Lloyd George to clarify his government's stance on coercion of Ulster and not sacrifice the "anti-Die-hard" Conservatives by simply resigning and leaving the field open to Conservative extremists. Sent with CHAR 2/117/51.

Letter from Isaac Marcosson (18 West 25th Street, New York, [United States]) to Edward Marsh asking whether WSC can give him a letter of introduction to the British authorities in China and Japan, where he is going to study the economic consequences of the Arms Conference, and congratulating WSC on the signing of the Irish Treaty.

Letter from Frederick Guest (House of Commons) to WSC reporting on reaction in the House of Commons to the signing of the Irish treaty.

Note from Frederick Guest (House of Commons) to WSC praising his speech [on the Irish treaty].

Letter from [Wilfrid Scawen Blunt] (Newbuildings Place, Southwater, Sussex) to WSC expressing pleasure that WSC may visit and welcoming the proposal that T E Lawrence [Lawrence of Arabia, later T E Shaw] may do so also. Comments on the Irish settlement.

Part of a letter from [WSC] to David Lloyd George recommending Alexander MacCallum Scott rather than John Leng Sturrock or James Greig to the be the Scottish Government Whip, reporting that he is remaining in London because of the Irish situation and looking forward to a painting holiday on the Riviera. Carbon typescript copy of first page only.

Cutting from the Star: editorial criticising WSC's views on India and comparing them to those he held on Ireland. Sent with CHAR 2/180A/94-95.

Letter from Sir Reginald Craddock (Whitehall Court, [London]) to [? Violet Pearman, Private Secretary to WSC] regretting that A K Fazl ul Haq has left for India and therefore he cannot have an interview with WSC, enclosing CHAR 2/180A/93 and comparing the situation in India with that in Ireland, and recommending his book "The dilemma of India".

Notes on the financial dispute between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State [later Ireland].

Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] attacking WSC's contention that the critics of Government policy in India, Ireland and Palestine are responsible for the disasters which those policies entail.

Letter from Harry Beckenham to the editor of the Yorkshire Post correcting the misrepresentation in that paper of WSC's views on the relative importance of establishing law and the authority of the Irish government and the destruction of its archives. Carbon copy.

Letter from "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry] (Mountstewart, Newtonards, County Down, [Ulster, Ireland]) to WSC explaining why he thinks the idea of the Irish Free State [later Ireland] is unworkable, regretfully declining WSC's invitation to Cannes [France] and inviting him to Mountstewart for Whitsun.

Letter from [WSC] (Ritz Hotel) to 7th Lord Londonderry reporting that he is very busy with the publication of his book [The World Crisis] and asserting that although Ireland will have to go through "a long and cruel apprenticeship" it will come through it all right. Carbon copy.

Letter from Hazel, Lady Lavery (5 Cromwell Place, [London]) to WSC quoting from a letter from Kevin O'Higgins on the prospects of the new government establishing itself in Ireland and the desirability of Timothy Healy being appointed [to a major office], an idea which Lavery wishes WSC to mention to Lord Londonderry. Praises WSC's role in bringing about the settlement in Ireland.

Letter from [WSC] to 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] on the McKenna duties, the Ulster boundary situation and the Budget. Carbon copy.

Letter from Sir Archibald Salvidge, chairman of the Liverpool Constitutional Association (2 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool) to WSC asking him to make no reference to Ulster at the forthcoming anti-Socialist mass meeting and luncheon in Liverpool in order not to antagonise the large number of Orangemen in the constituency.

Pamphlet: "Intermediate Education in Ireland." A letter to Sir J Bernard Burke from Lord Randolph Churchill. Sent with CHAR 2/134/1.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (Hopeman Lodge, Hopeman, Morayshire, [Scotland]) to WSC warning of the obsessive and volatile state of the King [George V] and reporting that he has sent the King a memorandum about the legislative role of a constitutional sovereign. Believes that "an ungovernable Ireland is much more serious than rioting in 4 counties" [Ulster] and approves the idea of round table talks, provided they proceed on some definite basis.

Letter from Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] (Hopeman Lodge, Hopeman, Morayshire, [Scotland]) to WSC on: WSC's report of his conversation with Andrew Bonar Law about Home Rule; the probable need to make a bargain about Ulster as the price for Home Rule; the need for John Redmond and Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] to be fully included in consultations; the crudity of Tory threats over the issue.