Correspondence with M. Philips Price

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 GDN/A/P53
  • Dates of Creation
      23 Oct 1913-25 May 1924
  • Physical Description
      38 pieces; 47 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Morgan Philips Price (1885-1973), journalist and politician, relating to the provision of articles by Price for publication in the Manchester Guardian from a visit to Turkey, with discussion of subjects of the articles including the political and economic situation in Turkey, the influence of Germany, and relations with Armenia, Syria and Palestine, with reference to geography and railways. Also included is discussion of the editing of these articles.

There is a request from Price for further letters of accreditation and introduction as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian in Russia, which are provided, with discussion of Price's proposed journey to Russia and Poland, [to act as a war correspondent for the paper]. There is also discussion of the provision of a copy of a book by Price, The Diplomatic History of War. Also included is correspondence relating to Price's reports from Russia, with discussion of the use of letters and telegrams, and a request by Price for publicity in the Manchester Guardian for an appeal for a fund for Armenian and Assyrian refugees, which is granted.

There is a letter from [illegible] Mande, relating to a query as to Price's role as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, as he has become editor of a Bolshevist newspaper in Russia, The Call, and has published a propaganda pamphlet entitled The Truth About the Allied Intervention, which states that he is a correspondent for the paper. There is also a letter from Scott terminating Price's role as a correspondent, and an explanation that the Manchester Guardian cannot be associated with Bolshevist propaganda.

There is correspondence between, Price, Scott and Arthur E.E. Reade, journalist and activist, relating to a letter to the editor by Reade with a complaint regarding the refusal of The Times to publish an advertisement for the Labour Monthly. There is discussion of a complaint made by Scott, who refutes the description in the advertisement of Price as a former correspondent for the Manchester Guardian. There is also discussion of Price's work for the paper, and to Labour Monthly's decision to retain the description in the advertisement. Also included are related internal memoranda.

There is a request from Scott to B.N. Langdon Davies, writer and publisher, for the alteration of Price's entry in Labour Who's Who in order to remove any mention of the Manchester Guardian, which is granted.

GDN/A/P53/14 is a pamphlet entitled The Truth About the Allied Intervention in Russia by Philips Price.

GDN/A/P53/15 is a copy of The Call, edition 8, 2 November 1918.

GDN/A/P52/19 is an article entitled 'Mr Philip Price; is Mr Philip Price a Bolshevik' in the Morning Post.

GDN/A/P53/22 is a letter to the editor by Arthur E.E. Reade entitled 'The "Times" Little Weakness' in the Daily Herald, 1923.