IN "NORTHCLIFFE'S SERVICE."

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1927, Page 22

IN "NORTHCLIFFE'S SERVICE."

A foreword in " Xorthcliffe's Service" (by Fred I. Lowther, Angus and Robertson), states that Mr. Lowther was Lord Xorthcliffe's confidential agent from 1914 to 1922, and the book presents the author's opinions on post-war conditions in Britain, Europe and the United States. The first two chapters deal with Germany's attempt to enlist sympathy by pleading post-war impoverishment. Leaving the mangled corpse of the German plea writhing, the author slashes with equal vehemence at Mr. Lloyd George, the Liberal Government, Bolshevism, Communism, birth control, Britain's enemies in the United States, and the political activities of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a pity that n very readable book which contains much of value is marred by over-emphasis and an unreasoned jumping at conclusions. There are enough legitimate counts against Germany without seriously advancing the suggestion—per *oie surmise of an American officer—that the Germans, by means of powdered glass or slow poisons, were responsible for the deaths of Lord Northcliffe. President Wilson, Mr. Roosevelt, Ambassador Page, Sir Robert Borden and Mr. Massev.