STRIKING TRIBUTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 280, 26 November 1929, Page 7

STRIKING TRIBUTES.

Last Of Great Statesmen Of Nineteenth Century. BRITAIN'S PROFOUND SOR&OW. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) EUGBY, November 25.

The British Government, in the course of a telegram to the French Government, explains its profound sorrow at the death of M: Clemenceau, and says: "His proved friendship and long loyalty _in trying days.- entitle him to the lasting gratitude of this country where his death will be universally mourned and his memory honoured."

The Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, in a further tribute, says: "The Clemen - ceau of history will not only be the outstanding representative of his people as a nation but a man whose varied human qualities will always endear him to those interested in the elements of human greatness."

Many other Ministers and ex-Ministers have paid similar tributes, including Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Grey and Lord Derby, who were closely associated with him at different times during the war years and after. . .

Mr. Lloyd George said: "We worked together during two of the most eventful years in history, in the closest co-operation, for the direction of the World War and of world peace. Of the four men who Avere primarily responsible for framing the peace treaty, Signor Orlando and I alone remain of the Council of Four.

"With the death of M. Clemenceau, there passes away the last of the great statesmen of the nineteenth century. He will rank in history amongst the greatest of them all."

Lord Grey described M. Clemenceau as a brave statesman, a great patriot and a staunch friend of Britain.

Lord Derby said: "The Allies owed , him much, for his courage and determination to win were of estimable value to our cause."

The English newspapers pay glowing tributes to the late' M. Clemenceau as one of the most significant and decisive heroes of the Great War.