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Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business matters. William George should write to him care of Herbert Lewis and Davies. Legal matters.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business matters. The suggested conference with Owen Davies - 'Meet them by all means. ... I hate their infernal priesthood as much as anybody. But we've got to fight the priesthood with priests. Set dog to harry dog - Noncon: parson to watch Anglican parson. ...'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business matters; the raising of capital. Has received a long letter from Herbert Lewis. The Board of Directors of the quarry.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business matters. Is undecided whether to accept the directorate - 'It is too good to refuse without reflection & too risky to accept without much thought'. His speech at Narberth - 'Local people said my speech was worth 200 votes to Phillips! That of course an exaggeration but it shows what they thought of it'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business matters: 'All I ask for is this. That you should give this experiment a fair trial. Allow us to draw for office expenses on LlG & G until the end of this year. Then as far as the office is concerned it ought to be self-supporting. You would then probably have to supplement my share of profits for another two years. If at the end of a three years fair trial you find that it is a failure I shall then, provided I am in the land of the living, go to the bar. But I for political reasons rather build up a solicitor's practice as it wd. not demand my constant absence from the scene of active operations. However I fully realise what is due to you. ...' Legal matters.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Business and financial matters. Uncle Lloyd and WW - '... They are men of common sense & not children & they must if possible avert a split. The starting of a rival cause at Criccieth would be a much greater & more constant source of irritation to them than the occasional presence in the Bereah pulpit of one of the Black Watch. Besides it would do Uncle Lloyd all the good in the world to run over on a Sunday morning to Beirdd or Garn. He might object at first. But I feel certain he would at last come to like it'. Thomas Owen's death has devastated everyone at Grasgarth - '... It certainly created suspicion as to the cause of death - suicide being openly suggested as a motive up here'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, E.C. The death of Thomas Roberts, Jerusalem, was 'very sudden & tragic'. Has had to change all his arrangements. Cannot cancel Carmarthen - 'I am the only speaker & Alfred Davies might count it for treachery one to one - so I must go'. Suggests David Edwards for Merionethshire - 'He is sound on the War ... thoroughly anti-Jingo. He wouldn't stand if either H[erbert] L[ewis] or I were stranded owing to a Redistribution Bill. Can you find out confidentially what they would say to him? Don't mix my name in his nomination as both Gwynoro [Davies] & D. R. [Daniel] are candidates. D.E. will pay his own expenses'. Last night's meeting was 'splendid'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, E.C. Business and legal matters. Has spent a couple of days with Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice in Wiltshire - 'He is a chatty chap & his gossip about Gladstone & other great political personages he has come in contact with during his official career was interesting - highly so'.

Written at 13 Walbrook. 'Won handsomely' the case for the Biographic Company - 'Had we lost this I dare not imagine the result to this office. It would have been a most serious thing for the Company as it was a fight for their exclusive right to use the name. So if we had lost I believe they would have blamed us exactly as the Tories are finding fault with the Generals, "All's well that ends well"'. His speech in that day's Daily News.

Written at 13 Walbrook. William George's impending visit to London. The Boer War - 'We are now in the 9th month of the war & the Orange Free Staters are more than holding their own whilst the Transvaalers are almost in tact'. Discusses the Boer War.

Written at 13 Walbrook. Will attend to the Tremadoc Estate the following week. The Solicitorship of the Drapers. That afternoon's visit to Battersea Park.

Written at 13 Walbrook. 'What did you say to E.J.? We are all burning to know. The bounder. How unhappy a man of this sort must make himself. He is consumed with jealousy & is too weak to restrain himself from exhibiting it'. Portsmouth was a great success the previous day.

Written at 13 Walbrook. Was at Long Eaton with Sir Walter Foster the previous night. His speech was an enormous success. 'Swansea nos yfory - Cwrdd Mawr - Birmingham nos Iau. Cymru Fydd nos Wener ...'.

Written at 13 Walbrook. 'Uncle tells me you haven't had my letters. I have written you daily Monday included'. The Boer War. 'There are symptoms that the country is cooling down. A long drawn campaign will tire out jingo enthusiasm. Doniol iawn stori sowldiwr Spion Kop gan Uncle Lloyd. It is an indication of what is going to happen in thousands of villages on the soldiers' return'.

Written at 13 Walbrook. The Liberal candidature in Merioneth - 'It strikes me there is a good deal of intriguing going on in Merioneth. A section is fearful lest I be selected. So they take good care to assure everybody there will be no redistribution & even if there be Cvon Boros wont disappear. I don't want my name to be kept out of the candidates mentioned - as I want at best the chance to refuse. It will help me in the Cvon Boros when the time comes'. Business matters.

Written at 13 Walbrook. The East and West Wales Railway Company. Tom Ellis's health - 'I am very concerned about him. It is a thousand pities he couldn't be persuaded to give it up for a twelve month - pass that on the Veldt in South Africa. It would prolong his usefulness which I fear now may be cut short. It is very sad'. The Cymru Fydd dinner to be held on 1st March; 'As President for the year I take the Chair'. Is reading up for his education motion on 7th March. Family news. His amendments to Greaves's draft report on Welsh County Councils: 'He is full of it. It has disarmed him for an election. I feel certain he will not exert much influence against me'. Suggests meetings in the Carnarvon Boroughs during the Whitsun recess.