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A Note on Lloyd George's Speech at the Mansion House, 21 July 1911

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Richard A. Cosgrove
Affiliation:
University of Arizona

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7 Italics in the original. Bertie to Crowe, 21 July 1911, Bertie MSS. Series A, F.O. 800/171.

8 Nicolson to Goschen, 24 July 1911, Nicolson MSS., vol. in for 1911. Most of this letter was quoted by Nicolson, Harold in the life of his father, Portrait of a Diplomatist (New York, 1930). P. 255– However, this revealing sentence was not included.Google Scholar

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