King's final commands about the National Anthem; encloses copy of Stamfordham's letter on the subject; Hardinge's speech in closing the Legislative Council; Sir H. Cotton has written to Crewe asking him to receive Jinnah, Wazir Hussain, Mohamed Ali and C.Chunder Ghose to talk about the Press Act ...
General Sir Charles Egerton (member, Council of India) has fine opinion of Duff; he thinks Sir E Barrow excellent to replace him as Military Secretary, India Office; the other two names he mentioned were Sir A. Barrett and Sir M. Grover; Gaekwar's assertion that he had been told to dismiss offici...
Draft agreement with Lutyens and Baker under discussion; outstanding question of fees; relief that the Cawnpore mosque affair has been settled; Mohamed Ali may ask to see Crewe to discuss various Indian matters, Crewe is sure to decline, so Holderness may have to see him, and he assures Hardinge ...
Suggests Hardinge recommend Wood, ex Railway Board, for a knighthood; Deputation of Railway Chairmen; feels they are not on good terms with the Railway Board; Hardinge's telegram about Duff's replacement; Crewe still thinks Barrow, rather than Scanlon, is the best person; the Times has published ...
Crewe has decided that Mohamed Ali & Co.should not be granted an interview by anyone representing the Secretary of State; the Times's account of split between them and Ameer Ali and the Aga Khan, and practical dissolution of London Moslem League – Holderness hopes they will gradually discredi...
Attaches a copy of a letter to him from Sir R. Carlyle about Carlyle's interview with Hardinge; Commander-in-Chief's allowance; once again congratulates Hardinge on the outcome of the Cawnpore mosque affair.
Lutyens and Baker have been to see Crewe, and Lutyens also brought some pictures from Crewe to see; Crewe's address to the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution on Scotsmen in India went off well; he is in talks with Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary) and Sir Arthur Nicolson (Ambassador to Russia ...
With reference to Hardinge's private letter on Railway matters, Crewe is enclosing a copy of some correspondence, as well as a copy of a note by Abrahams, relating in particular to the complaint that some of the railway agents declined to join in a conference on the subject of strikes; hopes Abra...
Understands from Captain George Swinton (Chairman, Town-planning Committee for New Delhi) that there is some disagreement between Lutyens and Baker about their terms of special partnership for the buildings they have undertaken to design in Delhi; Swinton will be writing to Hardinge in more detai...