THE DEAB CENERAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 201, 22 August 1912, Page 5

THE DEAB CENERAL.

WORLD-WIDE TRIBUTES. MESSAGE FROM THE KING. FRIEND OF THE POOR. (By Cable.-Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON. August 21. The family of the late General Booth, leader of tlie Salvation Army, have received telegrams of sympathy from all parts of the world. Newspapers of all shades of opinion contain remarkable tributes. Some liken hie work to the Oxford movement.

The King telegraphed to Mr. Bramwell Booth: "The nation has lost a great or-

ganiser of the poor, a whole-hearted and sincere friend. Only in the future will we realize tho good he has wrought his fellow-creatures.

'"To-day is a day of universal mourning in which we all join." It. is stated that General Booth never rpooived a single penny from the Salvation funds. A few friends privately proj Tided for all his wants.

The body is lying in slate, and will be buried next week in Abney Park. German newspapers are very sympathetic.

The General was in a comatose state for 4S hours. He died very peacefully without regaining consciousness. Mr. Bramwell Booth, the General's eldest son, Mrs. Bramwell Booth, two grandchildren, and Commissioner Howard were present at the death-bed. The deceased's last spoken words, referring to the promises of God, were: "They are sure, they arc sure, if you will only believe." General Booth's secretary, Ln an interview, said that he believed that the disappointment at the non-restoration of his sight had a greater effect on the health of the late lender than the actual operation on his pye for the removal of a cataract.

The "Times" says:—"General Booth's death closes a strange career—one of the rcost remarkable of the age." It questions whether the Salvation Army has sufficient vitality to continue its" work without Generalßooth's driving force. The newspapers generally deplore the.' loss of the world's greatest missionary.