A NATION'S TRIBUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 7

A NATION'S TRIBUTE.

THE LATE STATESMAN. ' PRESENCE OF THE FRENCH PREMIER. SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER. -BY TEIiEGHAPII—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Lomlcn, April: 27. ' At the first portion of Sir-H.. Campbell-.' • Bannerman's funeral in London many inark3 of respect .were shown. • • ' Members ,of Parliament and many Peers attended: The House of Commons adjourned ' for (the. day. i Tho servieo in Westminster Abboy was fcttonded by a largo crowd; ' Tho Kaiser and ihe French President, M. Falliores, and tlio Australian Commonwealth sent .wreaths, and the Australian States sent ... a combined'wreath. THE ENTENTE. : ThG presence of M. Clotaonconu, tlio Fronch Premier, ■ caused satisfaction throughout France and Britain, and emphasised tlio • good feeling now existing between tho two v ..'nations.l-V • King Edward 'was represented by tho Prince .of . Wales. ? ■ . . The Right Hon.. A. J. Bnlfour, Leador of 'the Opposition,.was absent, owing to a chill, ■v Diplomatists and many 'representative deputations ■ were present, also ■ the Hon. 'W; P. Reeves, New Zealand High Commissionerj . and. the Australian Agents-General. -AN-AUSTRALIAN ESTIMATE. The ;Most Aov. H. L. Clarke, Archbishop of ■ Alelbourhe, preaching .'at St. 'Margaret's . Church, Westminster, declared thdt Australians iliourned the close of Sir H. Campbell? Bannerman's great and ionourablo career, so true to the ,• noblest traditions of public life in: Parliamont and the Empire. ' r :What' Was done by England's Prime Minister, said tho preacher, concerns the Commonwoalthj &3 part, of the Empire, almost as ; largely as Englishmen Tlio services, lives, and characters of great. English statesmen were canvassed and discussed, known and understood, in the Commonwealth porhans just-as much as in the Motherland. • ' IN THE COMMONS.' . MR. ASQUITH ON HIS 'LATE CHIEF. : v ~ (Rec. April 28, 9.43 p.m.), London, April 28. ! Tho Kinga ,of Denmark and Norway sent . , special representatives to tho service in WeStmihstor. Abbey. All the great Nonconformist committees , were > represented: The. Archbishop of Canterbury ; and the Dean, of' Westminster conducted the service. ■The ..body wAs' subsequently conveycd to • Belmont . Castle (Sir Henry Campbell-Bah-nerman's; residonce at. Meigle, Perthshire), nidny marks of .respect being shown on the journey: • .■ 1 . ■ • ~ Mr. ,-Asquith, in tho House of Commons, ... ..tattered.* and elocnent eulogy, ; dwelling.. specially on ijho. moriil side of the . late.'statesiriaii's nature,, and describing hini as an: idcalist aiid.optimist in politics. , Messrs. Akers-Douglas . (Unionist), T. P. ■ < O'Cotlnor (Nationalist), and A. Henderson . (Chairman of the ? Parliamentary Labour party)/also paid tributes of respect.