BRITISH POLITICS.
MR. BONAR LAW. SLIGHT OPERATION TO THROAT. MESSAGE FROM M. POINCARE MANY TRIBUTES TO EX-PREMIER. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received May 22, 12.20 p.m. nffi • i ™ LONDON, May 21. Official.—Mr. Bonar Law to-day un?K mT £ ,slight operation to his throat. Otherwise his condition is unchanged. , T n . PARIS, May 21. M. Pomcare telegraphed to Mr iionar Law saying: «'France profoundly regrets that your health should have necessitated your resignation of the fnme Mimstership. We shall never forget that, despite differences in the methods pursued during recent months «f tv £ W° ,count l'ies in the execution of the Treaty or Versailles, you contributed all your forces towards maintaining intact an alliance, necessary to I the tranquillity of the world. I shall never forget that you never failed to recognise our point of view regarding -reparations, and constantly realised our P*cihc intentions. I sincerely hope $our health will speedily recover " P lne.newspapers unanimously eulogise Mr. Bonar Law's high character, 3^H h°n,f*? and Io *alty and the XL i, kblS f ttorts t0 avoid an Anglom? eh breach over the Ruhr The Figaro says that if Mr. Bonar w ! G^ bmet was n°t always favourable to France it played its role without trickery. Mr. Bonar Law was never wan ting in that benevolent- neutrality he promised Fiance We do not regard the advent of Lord Ourzon unfavourably. I The Echo de Paris Berlin correspond- ' «nt says that the resignation is likely to have a serious repercussion in Ger- ; I many, who will have no illusions with ! liord Curzon in power.—Aus.-N.Z ' Cable Assn. ' ;
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 May 1923, Page 7
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260BRITISH POLITICS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 22 May 1923, Page 7
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