Letters to the Editor
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HOW MR. ASQUITH FELL [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sia,-4 have read Mr. Wilson Harris' article in the issue of the Spectator of May 28th. I see that he refers to the note on the events of December, 1916, of which Lord Oxford made use in his Memories and Reflections. My note was written at the time, and a copy was sent to Mr. Asquith. When he was writing his book, he sent me a letter to Paris, asking permission to treat this as an authentic story of the transaction, impartially written so far as was possible for a Minister of the outgoing Government. I have really nothing to add to this narrative, except that my recollection undoubtedly confirms the state- ment in Mr. Asquith's footnote. I do not think that he can possibly have seen the text of the Resolution passed at Lans-
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