| Description | After writing to Kempe in the morning, Huggins thinks is would be better in the first instance to ask [Sir Clements] Markham to accept and sign the letter he has already signed (in duplicate, one for each relief ship). If he refuses, then the two Presidents can send independently letters of greeting. He had already written the enclosed letter, which could be sent to Markham. [Leonard] Darwin suggests an identical plan. They can decide on a plan at their meeting tomorrow, but Huggins is 'sure we should not attempt to construct a compromise letter - it would compromise us!' |