Item 3 - Telegram from Edwin Montagu to Lord Chelmsford

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Reference code

MONT II/A/2/1/3

Title

Telegram from Edwin Montagu to Lord Chelmsford

Date(s)

  • 14 Apr. 1919 (Creation)

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Item

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Has communicated his telegram [A2/1/2] to the Cabinet. Points out that the principal opponents of the Rowlatt Bills have never contemplated anything more than passive resistance, and therefore suggests that, instead of taking the proposed action againstread more