A GREAT STATESMAN

Mataura Ensign, 6 July 1914, Page 5

A GREAT STATESMAN

MR CHAMBERLAIN'S DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE. DY JELKCTUIC 'I'ELKUKAPH —COI'YIMGUT. I'KIS ONITED I'UGSS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, July .'). The late Hi. lion. ,lose;>li Ciiamber- - lain was out on Monday l)iit was univell on Tuesday, and sank from heart failure at 10.16 p.m. on Thursday. jt ■. His death was not announced until Ike mid-forenoon. MESSAGE FROM THE KINC. LONDON, ,luly 3. The King Tii a message to Mrs Cham- . herlain said: "The Queen anil 1 assure you of our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow and deeply regret t he loss of one for whom J had the greatest admiration and respoet." iM'r liedmond (the Nationalist leader), some South African farmers, and many otjiers have also condoled with the family. BURIAL AT BIRMINGHAM. LONDON, July 3. The burial will take place at Birmingham on Monday. A service will be hold at the Church of the .Messiah, where the late Mr Chamberlain taught in Sunday school, and another at St. Margaret's, Westminster. ABBEY INTERMENT DECLINED. Received July (i. 9.30 a.m. \ LONDON, July 5. In consonance with the late .Vl'r Chamberlain's desire to he buried at ; Birmingham his family has declined the offer "of interment in Westminster 'Abbey. ' | TRIBUTES TO CHEAT STATESMAN. LONDON. July 3. - There aii' inn../, .ributes to the late , Rt. Hon. Jn-mh Chamberlain. \ At Hon. D. "i.iyycl George (Chancel- ' lor of the Exchequer.) said that Mr ; Chamberlain had had a dazzling ear- ' eer, am! also won enduring fame as a ' great miii'icipal reformer. Hon. Thomas Mackenzie (Nenv Zealand High Commissioner; said: "We have lost the man who first recognised what the overseas meant to the Motherland." . Sir George Reid (Commonwealth High Commissioner) in an interview, recalled Mr Chamberlain's tact in eonducting the 1897 conference, and said, "It is impossible to exaggerate the live energy ho infused into the relations oefween the Colonial Office and the oversea Governments. Indeed,'the service rendered the Empire in that respect l furnished the .standard for all his successes." Hon. T. Mackenzie, said, "We have lost an Empire-builder of unparalleled worih. Personally familiar with our wan\s, r he inured deepened and strengthened the bonds of sympathy, of patriotism, of commerce, and of defence." J "THE GREATEST DEMOCRAT." LONDON, July 1, Mr Lloyd George, in an interview, \ said that he had always had a profound j admiration for Mr Chamberlain's great I posvers and a deep respect for his char- "3 aster. He was a man of immense personal force, quite fearless, and capable of inspiring millions with' his faith in his great ideals and principles and the courage to light for them. 'He had a genuine enthusiasm For social reform. "I always believed in the sincerity of his desire to improve the condition of the masses of the people," .said 1 the t Chancellor, "and in my judgment but tor the fatal diversion of Ins energies caused by the Home Rule schism, he would liave been, the greatest Demo- ( eratie statesman the country ever kne#." J GREAT NAMES RECALLED. " LONDON, July 4. : The Marquis of Crewe (Leader of the ' House of Lords), when distributing the I prizes at the London Chamber of Com- I merceto the students, said that all c were .saddened by the passing, away of c owe of their greatest men. Tho'ugn other men had had commercial training and great commercial standing, includmgvCobden, Bright, W. S. Smith, ' and Goschen—all eminent in public life —Mr Chamberlain was perhaps the first directly supplying the public life with those qualities and methods which led to victory In commercial life. IRISHMEN'S TRIBUTES. LONDON, July 4. . Mr J. Redmond, in, an interview, i sa'd that Mr Chamberlain was a great and fearless man. Though Ireland in the past had bitter thoughts of his attitude, that was forgotten and they had watrlird his leng, sad illness with'deep svmnaihy and sorrowed deeply at his death. i.Vl!r O'Brien (Independent Nationalist leader) described Mr Chamberlain as a mighty and courageous fighter, anjd stated that his views may yet form the foundation for settlement'of Irish af- I fairs. " | Mr T. Hcaly 'lndependent National- j isl) describes Mr Chamberlain as a man .; of immense ideals which left an en- i during impression on the country's do?. ■ tinles. He dested a bureaucracy and was a fearless champion of original views. EUROPEAN APPRECIATION. PARIS, July 4. The newspapers publish long obituary notices of the late Mr Chamberlain and describe him as the strongest personality in Britain for the last 3f) : years' and the. true creator of British Imperialism. 'l.'hp. Paris :.>:■:.-J.-5 expresses genuine ? dm i rat ion fir ibe grandiose character l-of his Ini::r ; i'L;:i:.,]!l. BERLIN, July 4. The newspapers publish generous tributes |o the deceased statesman. The 'Tagoblatt' says, "The fact that the colonief now cluster round the Motherland -a:- garlands, independent of her sister nations,-is" primarily due to Mr Chamberlain." Paper." of all shades of opinion describe Mr Chamberlain as the embodiment of British Imperialism, and one of the most arresting figures in modern English history. BRITISH PRESS PRAISE.' LONDON, July 5. ' Many columns of tributes to Mr Chamberlain's character, ability, and ' work are contributed by all sort; and 1 conditions of person? in public and priv- ; ate life—from representatives of the 1 Army, Navy, municipal reformer and - politician's of all parties.. More, gener- > ous expressions were never bestowed on any sovereign. iMr 'Motsmghamp 'Nation.' is the exception. It describes Mr Chamberlain as ,a great adventurer, though it '. admit?' the potency of his personality. © ' A CANADIAN TRIBUTE. i OTTAWA, July 3. '■. Sir R. L. Borden (Prime Minister), on hearing of the death of Mr C'hamiberlain, said that ho had had a great career in life. Mr Chaniiber--1 lain was :; ciniMraiidin:' figure r,n lesrI'in the i.v.-v.sca.- domi'iiom that: in '],r----i, i'ritlsh l-hs. Yur at least half a en. -rl fun he 'had "rolnni-dlv influenced ;;übi be '"nnUm ihroii'/h ml the Km; ur. IJ« j iim'ii Vtv )ii'"> ■ -in'l wide '. '•■!. <n. f pur 1 e, i( i' hef i 1 him, a .-ulemjiri -licird. oi to'istjurtuo st-atesmtinsbj!'.

His d:>:itli "ill lv >iiu; r«ly mourned and his mi iiiniv wii! I)c lu'iil in honor C'.'il.ada, who-e in-n-pif extend ii i!ic ilt-ad .-'i.it.-Mii:i!i*.- family their deepest and uuloigned .■.ymriatiiy, COLONIAL EULOCIES. CA'PKTOW'.Y, .Inly I. Newspapers eulogise Mr Chamberlain's great statesmanship, ...spccinlly Ids efforts 10 cllY-l racial reconciliation after the South Al'i-i<-:in war. OTTAWA, July :?. The paper* issued an extra edition :ont:iiiiitig an obituary nntire of Mr Chamberlain. There is profound grief throughout. Canada. PUCTOKIA, July I. Lord (ihidstoii'.' (r.'tiring CovernnrGeneral) at. a farewell liaiKpiet. paid a tribute to the late Mr Chamberlain. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S MESSACE. BY ELECTRIC TELEOBArH COPTEIQHT. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN BKRVICES. LONDON, duly :?. Queen Alexandra's personal message to Mrs Chamberlain said that he was one of the greatest men the Empire had ever known.