Folios 52 – 55: Letter from Sir Charles Hardinge to Sir Francis Hyde Villiers concerning:…

Description: Folios 52 - 55: Letter from Sir Charles Hardinge to Sir Francis Hyde Villiers concerning: Portuguese newspaper reports on the assassins and the position of the young King [Manuel II]; difficulties regarding Macedonia and the Congo; speeches on the Russian convention; breakdown of Russian relations with Austria over Macedonia and the improvement in Anglo Russian relations; the Congo question; illness of C B [Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, Prime Minister]; views on Sir Edward Grey's policies compared to Lord Lansdowne's; the German Emperor's letter to Lord Tweedmouth [First Lord of the Admiralty].

Date: 20/02/1908

Last import: September 11, 2017