A PLAGE IN HISTORY

Evening Star, Issue 22804, 12 November 1937, Page 9

A PLAGE IN HISTORY

MR RAMSAY MACDONALD TRIBUTE BY ‘THE TIMES’ Prass Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. ‘ The Times,’ in a leader referring to Mr Ramsay MacDonald, says: “His action in 1931 marked, as it was, not only by the highest sense of public duty, but the most considerate handling of many of those who came to hate him, was tho most constructive and the culminating action of his career, and they will endorse his own refusal to regret it, despite the obloquy, particularly cruel to his sensitive nature, to which it exposed him. Bo is_ sure of his place in history—and it will be a high place—not merely because he happened to be the first Prime Minister* of both a Labour and a National Government, but because he certainly took risks for what he thought was right, and that is not a matter of chance but character. What was that character? His foes have called it vain and confused, neutrals enigmatic, and his friends sublimely yet practically idealistic. Tho truth is that the character of men in the public eye cannot be accurately summed uip in a single adjective or any number of similar adjectives.”

BURIAL AT LOSSIEMOUTH PREFERRED LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 10 a.m.) Mr MacDonald’s family intimated that they would prefer their father to be buried at Lossiemouth instead of in the Abbey. WORLD-WIDE SYMPATHY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 11. (Received November 12, at noon.) While Mr MacDonald’s family deeply appreciate the honour, they felt bound to decline the offer of a burial place in Westminster Abbey, as Mr MacDonald had expressed a wish to be buried in his native village, Lossiemouth. Messages of sympathy continue to be received by the family from all parts of the world. . Among those who sent messages to-day were the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Signor Mussolini, M. Delbos, Colonel Beck, Baron Von Neurath, Scnor Negri, Haile Selassie, and Mr Gandhi.