BRILLIANT MR DEAKIN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 5

BRILLIANT MR DEAKIN.

" : T ~ . ;. REGRET AT HIS RETIREMENT. • Br Teleiiraph—Preeu Assoclation-OoDyriglil (Reo. January 10, 0.20 a.m.) '. ; ; London, January 9. The.' newspapers give prominence this morning to the announcement of Mr, , Dentin's retirement from Commonwealth politics. ' ■ ' - "The Times'' deeply regrets tho retirement,. and, says .Englishmen regard Mr. Deakin as one of the leaders of tho whole Imperial movement, and as a man whose vision 'ranged, beyond his own dominion. . The '"Daily Chroniclo" 'says tho Empire loses a forceful charaoter, and one whose 'prestige is only • second to Sir: Wilfrid Laurier's. ■.. ' 1 iTho "Daily News" remarks that Mr. Deakin terminates.his political lifo as he began it, as plain Alfred Deakin. He is one of the very few colonial .statesmen holding' that titual .honours from the Motherland are not, a fitting reward for pijblio service in tho newer Statea of the Empire. ''■ ' The-"Morning Post" declares that Jfr. Deakin haa been 1 one of our. Tace's leadera. . ';{R«c. January 10, a.m.) ' ' Sydney, January 9. _The newspapers pay tributes to Mr. Deakin's statesmanship, and regret the causes, of tho" retirement of 'so prominent a figure from. Commonwealth politics.