LORD HALDANE DEAD

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 20 August 1928, Page 11

LORD HALDANE DEAD

A NOTED STATESMAN.

HIS SERVICES TO NATION. iVHI. LLOYD GEORGE'S TRIBUTE. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association—United Service.) LONDON, Aug. 19. Received 1.50 p.m. T'he death is announced of L-ord Haldane. . •Mr Lloyd George, referring to Lord Haldane said: “I always thought he was most harshly treated in the war time and was accorded the basest ingratitude. No British statesman more greatly ensured tine Allied success. He organised the territorials who saved us during the dark winter of 1915 when we had no other troops. Hie organised the general staff and the Expeditionary Force and initiated the officers’ cadet comps; yet he was treated tas if he were a traitor to the nation and it hurt him deeply. ’ ’

LORD HALDANE

A NOTED STATESMAN

Richard Burden Haldane, first viscount, wa,s bom in 1856 and was the son of Robert Haldane, a Scottish lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and University and afterwards in Germany. His remarkable gifts won him many distinctions especially in pliilosoipiiy, but he chose the Bam for a career and became an English barrister in 1879 and Q.C. in 1890. In 1885 Haldane was returned to Parliament as a Liberal for Haddingtonshire. He became generally known as a Liberal imperialist during the South African War and Liberals were not unanimous An approving his appointment as Secretary of War in 1905. He held that position until 1912. just after he had been made a peer, and during his term of office he founded the Territorial Force. He succeeded Lord Lorebumn as .Lord Chancellor in 1912. retiring in 191.5. In 1924 he again became Loi-d Chancellor. His many honours include the O.M. Among his writings are a “Life of Adam Smith,” “Translations of Schopenhauer,” and “The Pathway to Realitv.” His interest in education was constant and lie did much to establish the never universities. Haldane’s political position was always a peculiar one. His moderation made him suspect to Radicals and to many Liberals, while his interest d n philosophy, -and the length and augmentative nature of his speeches did not endear him to the average man. His avowed debt to German scholarship was against him, as were the consequences of his visit to Germany in 1912 and bis objections to Lord Roberts’ proposals for national service. He defended his action in his book ‘‘Before tlie War.”. 1920, which describes Otis conversations with the Kaiser. fn 1912 Haldane was sent by Cabinet to inquire into the gravity of the German menace and to discuss the possibilities Qjf an amicable understanding. Ho returned home full of misgivings, and imparted bis tears to bis chief cx>lleai<>'esi but uttered no word of warning to the pulMio. Tin's told _ heavily against him in popular opinion, although it was difficult to see what more" he could have clone without ondan pining tHic* world’s peiaco by pu*blnc speeches, lanid drfc tvtiisi certojiii _fch'nt he did much to make the expeditionary force efficient for the ordojil of 1.014.