Has spoken at length to both Curzon and Brodrick regarding the military administration controversy; hopes to receive the new proposed rules of business for army administration from Minto in the near future; Russians have made it clear that they wanted to keep the status quo on the Indian frontier.
Military administration controversy still taking up a lot of his time; has doubts about the new Secretary's place in the Council, and about legality of orders of 31 May.
General Election in England; expresses annoyance at the way the Tashi Lama's visit has been organized; has received letter from Ottawa asking 1) if there can be Indian Civil Service appointments for Rhodes scholars and 2) if India would consider sending a 'forestry expert' to a Forestry Conferenc...
Has received his first letter from Minto; has discussed the weekly private letters with Sir A Godley, who will be contacting Minto directly; has heard that Kitchener has threatened to resign if 'dual control' were restored; gives Minto a message to convey to Kitchener should Minto think fit, indi...
Minto's draft rules on army administration have been welcomed and (informally) been placed in the hands of the Special Committee; has just seen the account of Kitchener's interview in the Daily Mail; discussions currently in progress about Britain's links with the Chinese Government, and also abo...
Assures Minto that his letters are not superficial; the elections are now over and indicates that the new Parliament and the new Cabinet will not favour anything by the Government of India 'that looks like expansion, extension of protectorates, spheres of influence' or anything 'with the savour o...
Thanks Minto for Kitchener's reply to the Stracheys and Kitchener for writing it, but is unwilling to publish it; he will put it in the hands of his Council and will pass it to interested members of the Cabinet and to the Opposition; has had a long interview with Colonel Hamilton who gave him a f...