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MONT II/A/2/18/3
Title
Telegram from Edwin Montagu to Lord Chelmsford
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- 17 Sept. 1919 (Creation)
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(1879-1924)
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Will consider with his Council whether he should await the outcome of the inquiry before addressing him officially. His own view is that no abnormality of conditions excuses the orders in question, and that no slur on the administration can be weighed against the ‘shock and shame’ engendered by the belief that Government tolerates them.
(MS, dated 16 Sept. Used for transmission on the 17th.)