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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f233
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Refers to Minto's letter of 14 July and question of a cadet corps d'elite; realises importance of proposal and only comment at present is that question of Native Officers will have to be dealt with in a rather large way; raises question of Kitchener's successor; has met Miss Sorabji; has decided ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Aug 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f241
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Cannot spare Sir Lawrence Jenkins (member of Council of India) to fill post of Chief Justice of Calcutta; will not hesitate to appoint an Indian on Minto's Council; is unimpressed by Hare; is not impressed with what he has received so far from India regarding the Reforms; as far as he can underst...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f248
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Thanks Minto for the secret enclosure in letter of 29 July, will make enquiries about the two men mentioned for his military post; has nothing yet to add on Cadet Corps; has played with idea of visiting India incognito.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Aug 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f250
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Can see that there will be problems if the Amir refuses the Convention; reminds Minto that justice of the British Raj is nonsense if the corporal who shot the native soldier is allowed to get off free; it is no good to talk of reforms if at the same time the Government of India is silently acquie...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Aug 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f257
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Comments on Buchanan and Percy; agrees with Minto on date for launch of the reforms; also agrees with Minto's proposal for appointing an Indian Legal Member on his Council, but suggests an able English lawyer from home might enable the Governor-General to make more headway against the influence o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f262
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Agrees with Minto that there is cause for concern if there is an Afghan war; has heard rumours that certain 'important Soldiers' in India feel that the war is a good way of keeping the Native Army right; everything depends on the Amir's reply regarding the Convention; encloses telegrams describin...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Sep 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f272
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Has decided to go ahead with Minto's solution for problem of Cadet Corps, and wants Minto to forward proposals officially, including costs and probable numbers; will not nominate Duff as Kitchener's successor, but will consider Minto's suggestions when time comes; has seen Roos-Keppel's letter to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Sep 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f281
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Is pleased to receive Minto's first telegram with Amir's reply on Convention; also takes it as a good sign that Amir pushes his Council to the front instead of taking a strong ground of his own; thinks what Amir is asking for can be met by positive assurances; Isvolski will be in London soon and ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Sep 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f291
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Does not agree with Kitchener's proposals regarding native soldiers being given a choice of either free rations or increase in pay; disagrees with Kitchener's insistence that the increase of Army pay should be announced on its own; when he receives the despatch on Reforms he will put them before ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1908
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D573/3, f298
Title:: Letter from Morley to Minto
Scope & Content:: Austria seems to have plunged Europe into a Balkan crisis; the King seems indifferent about the Proclamation date; has spoken to Lord Knollys (King's Private Secretary) and will write a draft including all the main points suggested by Minto; gets daily bulletins from his Reforms Committee and is ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Oct 1908
Extent:: 1 item

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