PASSING OF CLEMENCEAU.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1929, Page 5

PASSING OF CLEMENCEAU.

ILLNESS ENDS IN GREAT PAIN.

PRESS UNANIMOUSLY RECOGNISE HIS GREAT SERVICES. /By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) . i (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) PARIS, Nov. 23. Sixty hours’ agonising pain, made ■hearable by morphine,' preceded M. Clemenceau’a death, ilia son and .grandson were at his bedside, and his •daughter was in the next room. Just before his death, M. Clemenceau kissed the hands of his valet and his chaf--I'eur. 1 Ho then died without uttering a word. Great crowds assembled outside the residence to-day, including many war veterans. President Doumergue called and offered Prance’s condolences to the family. M. Tardieu, Minister of the Interior, and other members of Cabinet, besides Ambassadors and other notable persons followed. M. 'Clemenceau died comparatively poor. Apart from a valuable collection ■of books and a few pictures, the estate is not expected to exceed £4OOO. Newspapers of every shade of opinion •offer tribute to the deceased statesman’s devoted service to Prance. Their views are best summed up by Quotodien, whichNaays, “Clemenceau, at the supreme moment, decided the fate of SPrance.” Le Temps states that the most fitting epitaph would bo “This was a man.”