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GDN_A_P53_12.pdf
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Reference Number:
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GDN/A/P53/12
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Series Title:
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Correspondence with M. Philips Price
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter from Morgan Philips Price to Charles Prestwich Scott
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Creator:
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Price, M. Philips (Morgan Philips), 1885-1973
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Author
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Date Created:
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1916-03-08
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Description:
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Price writes to Scott apologising for sending the telegrams but he felt that as the only correspondent in Erzurum for English and American papers that he should send a telegram. Price goes on to talk Russia's internal affairs and other matters of interest.
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Hotel Orient *Tiflis* Caucasus Russia Dear Mr. Scott, I have just returned from Erzurum where I have been up with a party of Russian journalists at the front for 10 days. On my return I found a telegram from your office saying “Do not telegraph”. I feel I owe an explanation as to why I telegraphed 3 times when Erzurum fell. It was like this. I happened to be the only correspondent for English & American papers on the front at the time & consequently I got news of the details of the capture long before they knew in Petrograd. Having therefore been doing work for the “Manchester Guardian” in special articles for some time part in connection with this front I took upon myself on my own responsibility to telegraph. Please understand that I don’t expect to be reimbursed for their cost, as of course I did not get your permission first. But I thought it was a great chance in the “M.G.” to get some details through long before any other English papers. Whether I succeeded in getting the stuff through in good time or not I do not at present know. As a matter of fact I got a reduced rate for the telegrams as I sent them off from the field by the military telegrapher. The Russian staff gave me these facilities kindly. I am going to stay on this front some time longer, as things are very interesting here now, & I shall probably go into (Persia?) in the spring, & try & accompany the Russian columns which are advancing to join the British in Mesopotamia. I don’t know if your office feel disposed to allow it, but if they did I have no doubt I could get through an occasional special tele-gram, when anything very important occurs. You could leave it to my judgement to decide whether circumstances were such as to warrant a telegram & if you think not, then I will be quite prepared to bear the expense myself, as I can probably get a reduced rate again. This terrible war goes on & there seems no hope of an end yet. Internal affairs in Russia are very interesting but unfortunately I have been unable to study them on the spot in Petrograd or Moscow on account of the events on this front which have tied me here so long. In any case it is clear that the war has done this amount of good to Russia in that it has united the people & enabled them on the strength of the sacrifices they are making to wring from their government a recognition of the rights of the Duma which they/it have never had before. The Duma is now looked up to all over the land & is engaged in the most important work. The economic situation in the country is not good but it is probably no worse than anywhere else. So I see that England has gone in for conscription & is shortly going in for Protection. I also see that the “Manchester Guardian” has been making a noble stand against the press of reaction. Its existence gives those who think like myself still some faint hopes that all reason & common sense have not left the English people. I am sure we cannot be sufficiently thankful for the magnificent stand it made with Sir John Simon against Conscription. By the way I am very interested in the Armenian & Assyrian refugees in the Caucasus & Persia. I want to write an appeal for more funds for their assistance. I am working on a Committee here with the American Consul, Mr. Smith, which is dispensing money from America & (---?) from the Mansion House. In a few days we shall know more fully what will be needed to repatriate them to their (homes?) in Armenia & I should be very glad if you could inset a letter from me in the “M.G.” concerning this matter. I will write again about it. The above address will always find me, & I hope I shall hear from you. With kind regards & hoping you are well. Your sincerely, M. Philips Price.
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Letters
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Subject:
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War
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Subject:
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Journalists
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Letters (correspondence)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Russia
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Time Period Covered:
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20th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Turkey: Erzurum
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Places Covered:
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Persia
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Places Covered:
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Russia
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Places Covered:
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Armenia
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Scott, Charles Prestwich, 1846-1932
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions may apply
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