Correspondence with Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929), historian and Irish nationalist, relating to discussion of home rule for Ireland, with reference to a proposal for two houses in the Irish parliament, concerns relating to Tim Healy, politician and first governor of the Irish free state, the opposition of the Irish hierarchy to Home rule, and the [devolution of power over] customs and excise. Also included is discussion of a notice of a book on the [battle of the?] Boyne by Stopford Green for the Manchester Guardian.
There is correspondence relating to the offer of letters by Stopford Green on concerns relating to the Ulster division of the army, their delayed in deployment [in the First World War], and the potential use of their training in the [Irish] civil war, which are declined.
There is a letter relating to Stopford Green's concerns on the effect that the deportations from Ireland and the imprisonment of the deportees will have, the potential for these events to lead to an [up]rising in Ireland, and a request that Scott meet with some of the deportees to hear their story, and to publicise the events in the Manchester Guardian.