Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/78 - Press cuttings, Sep-Dec 1935, relating to speeches and articles by Hamilton on topics including anti-German attitudes

Newspaper and journal cuttings, including on the ceremonial opening of new barracks for the Gordon Highlanders at Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, 14 Sep; on Hamilton's speech to the Clan Campbell dinner, Glasgow, expressing sympathy for Jews in Germany but urging that German ex-servicemen and citizens should not be censured, 19 Oct; 'Corpse factory: the foulest lie of the Great War', article by F Davis, Manchester City News (9 Nov) on Allied propaganda implying that the German Army was converting human cadavers into raw materials for military use, and containing Hamilton's explanation of how the rumour originated, from Hamilton's introduction to The cross of Carl by Walter Owen (Grant Richards, London, 1931); letter from Hamilton to The Times (7 Dec) suggesting there existed genuine enthusiasm amongst cadets and Officer Training Corps for assisting in the defence of Britain. 1 file