A GREAT MAN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 February 1928, Page 9

A GREAT MAN

late edition

PASSING OF EARL OF OXFORD.

MOKE TRIBUTES PAID. j ffTEEI NATION’S LOSS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. Received 10.40 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Feb. 15. Mr. A. Henderson isays: “To know the Earl of Oxford was to have a profound admiration for the sterling qualities of an English gentlaman, loyal to his colleagues and considerate to his opponents. Public life is certainly the poorer by his passing.” Mr. J. H. Thomas states: “The nation has lost a great servant in Parliament, to which, he added dignity and lustre. He was a sincere, lovable friend. In good times and in bad times he was always the same, incapable of any mean thing, always subordinating his personal interest to the public good.” Sir Godfrey Collins, Chief Liberal Whip, says: “He never maligned a foe or deserted a friend.” Lord Derby says: “The nation ha's lost much by the death of this singularly simple, upright English gentleman.” BRITAIN’S ENTRY IN THE WAR. EARL OF OXFORD’S PART. Received 9.50 a.m. to-day. PARIS, Feb. 15. The Press pay long tributes to Earl of Oxford and Asquith, "with special emphasis on his dominating part in Britain’s entry in the war.” Upon his shoulders fell the crushing responsibility of plunging the Empire into the war,” says “Excelsior.” “It was he who took the momentous decision for which alone the French people should bow in respectful homage and gratitude.” Lord Reading states: “He was a great gentleman, an outstanding figure in great events. The dominating part he took in the entry of Britain in the war and the many measures pursuing it. will never be forgotten. |He was singularly a fine, noble character with complete freedom from vanity, jealousy pettiness' and all forms self seeking. ’ ’ PARLIAMENT TO' PAY TRIBUTE. Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Feb. 15. In the House of Commons the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, after questions, gave notice that he would move a resolution relating to the Earl of Oxford and Asquith’s death on Thursday, following the precedents in the death of the Hon. W". E. Gladstone and J. Chamberlain. After to-morrow’s tributes Lords and Commons will adjourn. •—A.P.A. and “Sun.”