Can see that Kitchener is hankering after an appointment to Turkey; has very moderate opinion of Younghusband's judgement; has received Morley's final draft on the King's message and approves of it; thinks appointment of qualified Indian to his Council is a matter for decision by Morley and himse...
Is in Jodhpur; regrets last minute telegram proposing King's message should be published in India before England; Indian press reactions seems satisfactory; on reforms themselves, reactions of Morley's Committee seem mainly satisfactory; hopes they are not opposed to Council of Princes on which M...
Attempted assassination of Sir A Fraser (Lt-Governor of Bengal); feels affairs in Near East are far from settled but Isvolski has behaved reasonably regarding Convention and the Amir; on reforms, agrees with Morley's idea of a 'Native admixture' for strengthening Executive Councils of the two Pr...
Is in Lucknow; has seen the Reuter report of Times article and suspects source is Younghusband; has discussed recent outrages with Erle Richards, Sir Harvey Adamson (Home Member, Viceroy's Council) and Sir Harold Stuart (Secretary of Home Dept) and has summoned Council to Calcutta for a meeting; ...
Has cancelled rest of his tour and decided to stay in Calcutta due to current situation; discusses at length measures to deal with situation including appointment of special tribunal; hopes Morley will leave powers conferred by Act of 1818 in hands of Governor-General in Council and argues that i...
Realizes there is no guarantee that any legislation will stop violence; as long as the Indian Army is loyal, there is no chance of a revolution in India; cannot understand why people at home are becoming so sensational; is collecting all the information he can on the organization and has had inte...
Clarke has had an open invitation to visit anytime the Mintos; is sorry to hear that Lady Clarke is ill; what Mr Allen said about Kitchener's weariness of India is true; comments on Kitchener's personality; Minto's daughter's wedding and dilemma about accepting presents from Indians; has just hea...
Legislative Council meeting agreed necessity of emergency legislation unanimously with the exception of Ghose; Minto encloses note of their conversation the previous day; summarizes discussions leading up to Council meeting; effect of deportations is excellent; Morley's reform despatch has arrive...