THE 1916 CRISIS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In
your note about Lord Bcaverbrook's book, Politicians and the War, you raise the question whether, in his interview with Mr. Asquith on the afternoon of Sunday, December 3rd, 1916, Mr. Bonar Law showed him the resolution passed by the Unionist Ministers at their meeting on the Sunday morning.
He did not do so. Mr. Asquith's testimony on this point is conclusive. In Hiding the resolution in his book, Memories and Reflections (II, 131, footnote), he speaks of it as " the Resolution which was passed by the Unionist Ministers on Sunday, December 3rd, but was not shown to me by Mr. Bonar Law."
The reasons why it was not shown to him seem to be sufficiently explained in Lord Bcaverbrook's book.-4 ant, Sir,
&c., J. A. SPENDER. Chantey Place, Marden, Kent.
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