Informs him that the memorandum regarding "The Woolsack a proposed retreat for artists and poets intended by Cecil John Rhodes has been approved of in principle by the Minister of Education, but because of financial considerations, should be postponed for the present.

Enclosed in no. 159.

Asks that the enclosed material, including a memoranda by Lord Lothian concerning the proposed retreat, The Woolsack" be forwarded to Smuts in England for possible further discussion with Lord Lothian, Sir Herbert Baker and Mr. Rudyard Kipling.

Sends copy of his book; quotes excerpts from Smuts' Presidential Address to the British Association in 1931; alludes to his family connection with South Africa as his brother, James, was Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg.

Found in; YOUNG, Arthur P.

Forward from chaos. (S.870).

Copy of a book on Euclid sent together with a note elucidating a point of view he had taken earlier; quotes in Latin from Sallust: one part of us is common with gods and the other with the beasts; compares Euclid to the former.

Found in: TODHUNTER, Isaac, ed.

The elements of Euclid.

A complimentary note sent together with a book on conditions suffered by kulaks in the Soviet timber camps.

Indicates his pleasure at being with Smuts in the new South Africa House; wishes him a pleasant journey to the Cape.

Presents his with a press report of his recent address to the Canadian Bar Association, not attached, and a copy of an intended address to the British Commonwealth Relations Conference, attached, 3pp.; reviews the late Lord Cray's contribution; remarks on the significance of a Union Government in South Africa; briefly analyses Haldane's role as indicated in his autobiography; concludes with a summary of business conditions on the American continent.

Expresses her pleasure at the proposed creation of an Archaeological Bureau and the appointment of Van Riet Lowe as its Director; stresses that she be accompanied on her field work at Mapungubwe by a South African archaeologist of equal footing; mentions her contact with Mr Neville Jones of Bulawayo on the matter.

Analyses the world situation with specific reference to Ireland, India, Germany and America.

Encloses no. 174.

Thanks him for the information supplied; abandons his plan for unifying Water Court work for the entire country, and has instead decided to separate the Northern section.