Ffeil 2048. - Written at Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 'I am Chancellor of the Exchequer & consequently second-in-command in the Liberal ...,

Written at Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 'I am Chancellor of the Exchequer & consequently second-in-command in the Liberal host'. Received the letter the previous night. Has a further meeting with Asquith that afternoon. Asquith will still introduce the Budget as it is too late to change anything: 'I am so glad because otherwise I might have been overwhelmed with work & worry over the Easter Recess'. The list of the Ministry is to be announced on Monday morning. 'The world says it is a much more dazzling promotion than Asquith's'. Feels an acute sadness that Mair did not live to see this promotion.