TRUSTED FRIEND

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 7 February 1941, Page 6

TRUSTED FRIEND

LATE LORD LLOYD MR CHURCHILL’S TRIBUTE LOYAL SERVICE GIVEN (Orncial Wireless) j (Received Feb. 7, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 6 j In the course of a tribute to the ! memory of the late Lord Lloyd, Sec- | - retary of State for tne Colonies, the Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, spoke of his loss as par- i ticularly painful to him, in view oi ; < their many years of friendship. “We championed several causes together which did not command the < applause of a large majority,” he : said. ”It is just in this kind of : cause, where the swimmer is against ? : tne stream, that one learns the worth i and quality of a comrade and friend.” « Mr Churchill recalled Lord Lloyd’s ' service under Lawrence of Arabia, and said he acquired a great love : for the Arab race, to whose interests : a large part of his life had been devoted. “When I was called upon to form « the present Administration in the < heat of the battle of France,” said J Mr Churchill, “it was a comfort to : 1 me to be able to reach out for so ; ' trusted a friend. Although his ; 1 views, like some of mine, were often : opposed to the Labour Party, I say 1 with the full consent of his friends j in the Labour Party that he gained : ' their respect, confidence and regard | 1 in all these trying months, and they I found many points of agreement : ; with him of which they had not ; . previously been aware.” FOOD TO FRANCE QUESTION OF BLOCKADE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE WANTED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Mr Cordell Hull said discussions between the United States and Britain on the possibility of lifting the blockade to permit of the shipment of more food, to unoccupied France would await tangible evidence that their needs are acute. A statement followed which reports that the ambassador, Mr Henry ] Haye, is seeking to obtain the release of frozen £ reach funds to permit the purchase of food.