Item 2 - Letter from Donald Tovey [to the members of the Military Tribunal]

Has known Robert Trevelyan well for many years 'as a friend and as a literary collaborator' in his own musical work. Has therefore often had 'ample opportunity' to judge the 'strength of his convictions on matters of importance and of detail'. They do not agree on everything: Tovey himself volunteered but was 'medically rejected under the Derby scheme', while his brother, the late Duncan Tovey, was a 'very well-known member of the London Scottish [Regiment]'. Feels therefore that he is 'without bias' when he gives his opinion that his friend's 'conscientious objection to taking any part in the war is with him a genuine moral principle', which he is 'quite incapable' of altering.