Letter from Austin Taylor (179 Ashley Gardens, London) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference.

Letter from Sir Douglas Straight (Pall Mall Gazette, Newton Street, Holborn, [London]) to WSC asking him to agree to be photographed for publication in the Pall Mall Gazette and congratulating him on his speech on his motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. 1 card.

Letter from Moberly Bell (22 Park Crescent, Portland Place, [London]) to WSC on the number of seats needed by the Liberals to gain a majority after the next General Election. Denies that any proposal can ruin the British Empire or British trade and prophesies the electoral and political future up to 1912. 2 papers.

Letter from WSC (105 Mount Street) to Joseph Chamberlain on WSC's forthcoming motion in the House of Commons against imperial preference. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning. Wrongly dated.

Letter from Sir Vincent Caillard (National Bank of Egypt, London Agency, 4 & 5 King William Street, London) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and predicting that WSC will become a keen imperialist and might even come to favour preferential trade with the colonies. Carbon typescript.

Letter from Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] (3 Whitehall Court, [London]) to WSC reporting that he and others are keen that Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] should get a government post that will give him scope, but it has been decided that the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office should sit in the House of Lords. Thinks colonial affairs "will be Joseph Chamberlain's point of attack.".

Letter from WSC (Salisbury Hall, St Albans, [Hertfordshire]) to [F G Stokes] pointing out that Free Trade has not prevented the growth of the British Empire or made the people less war-like, although at home the contentment produced by cheap food has weakened the impulse towards social reform. Copy in the hand of WSC.

Letter from Herbert Samuel (88 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, [London]) to WSC soliciting his support for an association advocating the reform of abuses in the Congo Free State [later the Belgian Congo, then Zaire, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Signed typescript.

Proof of a statement by WSC on his interest in the tour of the New Zealand rugby team and his belief that sport served a good purpose in bringing together men from every part of the Empire. Sent with CHAR 2/136/121.

Letter from A Grosvenor Deeny (Madresfield, 95 Wentworth Road, Harborne, Birmingham) to WSC urging him to form a new constitutionalist and anti-Socialist party and to remember the stress by Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce [later Lord Bruce] on the importance of trade within the Empire and the construction of a naval base in Singapore.

Letter from Harold Tennant MP (Brooks's, St James's Street, [London]) to WSC suggesting he speak at the Liberal Colonial Club either on the hollowness of the claim that Tariff Reform would be a cure for unemployment, or women's suffrage, or colonial preference in relation to foodstuffs.

Cutting on the work of the Closer Union Society, which aims to bring about closer links between the South African states and within the Empire as a whole. Sent with CHAR 2/36/18.

Letter from Lord Crewe (Crewe Hall, [Cheshire]) to WSC on safeguards for the native protectorates under any act of South African confederation. Thinks that the matter should be discussed with Lord Selborne, whom he describes as "a dangerous plenipotentiary" and "obstinate", and the native deputations.

Letter from Sir Richard Solomon, Agent General for the Transvaal [South Africa] (72 Victoria Street, Westminster, [London]) to WSC regretting that he is to leave the Colonial Office but congratulating him on his entry into the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade. Thinks WSC will be able to deal with any attacks from his opponent in North-West Manchester [William Joynson-Hicks] on Chinese labour in South Africa.

Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Lord Crewe criticising Lord Selborne's plan for a commission to protect native interests in South Africa but asserting that Selborne is nevertheless the best man to negotiate on the issue with the South African leaders. Gives advice on how a settlement of the native question can be got through Parliament. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to WSC on Government spending in Somaliland [later Somalia] and Uganda.

Report by F Ward on the political situation in Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] and Somaliland [later Somalia] and how it affects British colonial interests. Typescript annotated with message from WSC to Edward Marsh that the report does not appear to be of much use but that Ward should be informed that WSC has read it, 10 Apr 1909.

Letter from Lord Crewe (Colonial Office) to WSC announcing that he has appointed Colonel Sir Percy Girouard [as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East Africa Protectorate] to tackle the poor economic situation there.

Letter from Leo Weinthal (801 Salisbury House, London Wall, London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) enclosing a copy of General Jan Smuts's introduction to the proposed history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa] [see CHAR 2/123/50-54] and asking WSC for a contribution to the work and the loan of one or two of his Egyptian paintings for reproduction in it.

Introduction by General Jan Smuts to the history of the Cape to Cairo railway and river route [Africa]. Sent with CHAR 2/123/48-49.

Letter from the Duke of Devonshire (2 Carlton Gardens, [London]) to WSC asking him to become a vice-president of the British Empire League and enclosing a statement of its objects and constitution [see CHAR 2/123/156].

Printed statement of the objects and constitution of the British Empire League. Sent with CHAR 2/123/154.

Letter from Professor George Wrong (University of Toronto, [Canada]) to WSC criticising WSC's reported assertion that "the title deeds of the British Empire are deposited at Westminster" as being unhelpful to Wrong's efforts to strengthen the bonds between Canada and Great Britain. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/120/61-62.

Typescript copy of CHAR 2/120/59-60.

Extract from the Times: speech by WSC praising the work of the Empire Parliamentary Association and stressing the need for close consultation and co-operation between the different parts of the Empire. Typescript copy produced to accompany CHAR 2/120/69-70.