Correspondence with Henry Eardly Stephen Fremantle, professor of English and Philosophy, journalist and politician, relating to discussion of Freemantle's employment as a correspondent in South Africa for the Manchester Guardian, with discussion of his employment, previous experience, and the form, content and arrangements for the receipt of articles.
There is a request for an article from Fremantle on the discussion relating to natives in South Africa, and discussion of the need to reduce the number of articles sent in, owing to the pressure for coverage of the [Balkan] war. There is the conveyance of good wishes to Scott on the occasion of the paper's centenary, and on Scott's 50 years as editor. There is discussion of early preparation of obituaries by Fremantle for [James Barry Munnick] Hertzog, army officer and politician, and Frank Reitz, politician. Also included is an offer for use of material from a proposed book by Fremantle on the history of the National Party [in South Africa], which is declined.
There is also correspondence relating to complaints by Fremantle and discussion of differences of opinion on the coverage of South Africa and South Africa politics in the Manchester Guardian, with reference to the Dutch National Party and discussion of the rise of this party, native rights and representation in the lower house [of the South African Parliament], and discussion of Hertzog, Jan Christian Smuts, prime minister of South Africa, army officer, and Louis Botha, prime minister of the Union of South Africa and army officer.
There is a letter of recommendation for Freemantle from S[idney] Ball, socialist, and senior tutor of St Johns College Oxford.
GDN/A/F32/3 is an internal employment history index card for Freemantle, 1909.