Letter from Wilfrid Spender, circa November 1915
Crichton Mahon is an extra
ordinary conglomeration of
mistakes. He too has been
taken in both by Redmond
& the Germans. Fancy think
ing we have accepted Home
Rule, inclcuding Carson !! Things thank heaven have
not come to that pass yet,
& it will be again a case
of the strong hand in Ulster, so
perhaps it is as well that the
bw & pr will not be enmeshed
in other snares. I fear we shall hear of
a disaster in Service. If only
we had started 3 weeks earlier
when Carson wanted, but no... 2
When at last the Govt does
dare to show a little strength
to Greece the effect is magical.
Letter from Sir Wilfrid Spender (1876 - 1960). Spender was a member of the British Army until 1913 when controversy surrounding his signature of the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant resulted in his resignation. Spender was called up for military service in 1914 and from 1915 served in the 36th (Ulster) Division. Throughout the war, Spender wrote a collection of letters to his wife Lady Lillian Spender. The letters date mainly from 1915 to 1918, when Sir Wilfrid was serving in France. The letters concern politics, the Irish question, personal life, and Wilfrid's experience of the Great War."
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__4237.html)
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