The Henson Journals
Fri 20 March 1914
Volume 19, Page 136
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Friday, March 20th, 1914.
Caröe went back to London by the early train.
The papers report a Government majority of 93 on the Vote of Censure. Carson, after a speech of dramatic vehemence, left the House, & went directly to Ulster!
The Police here sent to ask permission to post notices of Mobilisation on the cathedral doors! I suspect that all this parade of adamantine firmness is intended to pave the way for a General Election.
I sent Harold his quarterly allowance.
Very affectionate letters came to me from Reggie Still, Colin Kennedy, & Reggie Woodyear.
Issues and controversies: irish home rule