MR. CHAMBERLAINS' DEATH

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2194, 6 July 1914, Page 5

MR. CHAMBERLAINS' DEATH

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A DAZZI4HG CAREER

THE KING & QITEN'S SYMPATHY

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London, luh 1. Mr. Clinnibrrliin <ii< I p.M<eiu|U at his I.oiulon ipsidiiup n the p'lspnrp of his family llr nas o.u fit Vondiv but became inrx.ll on T'ipd'U, ind sank, dying from bent failuic at 10 1) oh Tliursdn\ niiOu Tlio dvntli wis not annouuetd till lilid-forcnoon on Fridiy -Many tributes m\ o"bnnn jnid to Hif> work and career oj t'lr late itnlr^nnu Mr. 1,10,\d (Clnncellor of the Kxpheouer) nid Mr Clu mb-rliin had it dazzling political md i'so won piuluring fami ai a gi at muncipil reformer. Thfl Kinr: in n iiip<; _ agp to 'Nir' Cliinn. berliin said. "T,! ; io Qucm.uj and I. assUr.o you of oni liPir'tfe'it BMiip-.tiiv •'lid sorrow. We ilpppn regret the ]wi of ono for whom I li-d tho <;rcitpsl adnnntion and rcsport " Tlio buml will tnko plipn it Ririnin<:htim on afondi. lher<, wMbo r. t-er-vice at the fhurrh of Mi" M»«nli. whrrp Mr. ChimbHm tinr-bt Sumliy Kplinol,_ and another at St Mir r 'arot's, Westminster WIDESPREAD SYMPATHY. FROM ALL SOPTS fi COND'TIONS OP i'l Ol'L 1 : (Rce ,hi]j 5, j "> p ,u j LcntiOn, TtiK 4 Tho nowspnpors dpiotod mi in coluniiis to tributes to the hto Mr Chnmlprhm by nil sorts and conditions of nropl' m public nnd pnnto life, jn the \rnu and Navy, by nniiii'-ipil u forme tik) ly ixiliticinns of nil piriics Moio gonoions oxprejsions were no\rr be'towed on any sovereign. Mr. U. \V Mis«;inf,lnni, n, the "Nation," is tV one TIo describes Mr Clnmbtrhin i? i grot ndvonturpr, though he idimK tho potency of the dpceispd'<i pnsn'ialit\ Mr. Llojd (!eo>i;<> (('hineol'or) in in interview said- "I ihnjs 111 n profound ndmintion for Mi Ci imhcrh'n 9 groat powers .ird i deep rospt t for lin character. Ho wai r, uin <.f innnen'-o pcrsonnl forco, qmto foniless, and ennablo_of inspiring millions it t! faith in his rjrtit uhils mid prnifiplf, n"d with coungo to ffiit for them i,o lind ccnuino foi soenl reforms. I alwi\R belie,«l in Mo sincerity of Ins de'iro to unnro\o tho rondition of the n tsscs nf the ppoph ? n my judfrnient, but for dip fitil division of hii onerci s paused In the Homo Rule schism, h" would Into been the greatest dcmocfuic state mm in tho country."

The Marquis of when dis'rihutinr; tlio iin/es to iho London Chit"ber of Coinmoico sui.dents, s.nd "Ail are paddencd bv the pissini' away of onof our prnt-e'-t lien '■ houftli otbT men witli comniTein -nd of treat oonimeriia! itandini;. iiirludini. Riehnrd Cob-lon, Jrhn R.irbt. V II Smith, and Viscount Gosrlicn. were eminent in public life, Mr Cininbcrliin was perhaps tho first dirortlj npp'Mng to public lifo tlnso qir.luies and methods which led b victor} in coinmcrciM life."

Mr. John Redmond Leader) in an intorupw, said' 1 '"li. Chnmberliin was n ejict end fearless man. and Irelind ni t''e prt had bitter tboii-jhti of \u> nllitude, that had been forgotter. Vc witebcl 1113 lohr, sad illness with deep sympathy, anil wo ioiiow denh at Ins death '

Jlr. William O'llnen (Ii depeiu'ei t Nntionaliit) describe Mr Cln.iiberlam asamir-ht\ and couriii;c)iis f-chtcr, ami says that Ins mows urn yet form tho foundation nf the Irish settlement

Mr. Timothy iloalv, MP, tns thrl Mr. Clianiborhm was a mir pf iininniso ideals and ldois, wlitc It loTt an tm'nrni; impression on tho eoi'ntrv's dcunios Ho dctcstc I bvTonucracy aid m a fearless rhimpinn witn oripinil u<ws Sir George Roid (High Commissioner for the Common ivealth of \ustial u, when intoruowol, recalled Mr Chamberlnin's taet in conducting tl e 1307 Conference. Ii was impossibh (said Sir George) to o\"£jrente the life and energy ho mfii'-ec' into th" . olr.tioir of tlie Colonial Oflieo with the o\eriM Governments Indeed, the son ico ho rendered tho Umpire in +1 at re'peet furnished n stand-rd for all his successors.

Tho Hon Thoinis Mnekenne (Hizh Comniissionpr for Xou Zealand), caul "Wo have lost en Empiio-buiMfr of unparalloleil «orth Ho ffiintliirised himself with our i\ants Ho \idened, deepened, and *trcn<jihi ned the hnnils of nf p->ti)otism, ol commerce, and of defence " PROFOUND P.RIEF IN CANADA. SIR R. BORDEN'S '-DMIInTIOX Ottawa, JIIK ,) Sir Robert Border {Dominion IVI.IIP Jlinister), on h"i 11115 of ;he d-"it! of Mr. Chamherhin, «iid — "H" In 1 a Rreat career 111 pnhl e life Mr Chamberlain v as n commanding figure no lofi in the oiersea Domiiiioir than in tho British Isles For at leist half » century he had profoundlv influe.uec 1 punlie opinion throughout the Empire and \ as endowed with pre-eminent aluliti, 1111flinchini; roun"r, and vide vivlom He leaves behind him 1 spleidid rfcorr) of constructs stat"sm i.iship, and hu death will be snccreU montned, -ad hi.s memory will bo held in h-noiir throughout Canad 1, hoso noople extend to the heroaxed faniiK their deepest mid uiifpicnod sympath. " "Times' and ' "un ' -vleo The papi>rs issued -n ctra edition with obituary notices of Mi Clrnfi"ilain. Tlicro is pro.'omvl grief 111 Cr.tnda. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S MC c SVCr "Times" wid Bt-'^m London, July I Queen Alexandra's ;>or«on il messago tn Mrs. Chamherhin sm I "He war. ono of the gieatost nier this has ncr known."

ONE OF THE r;"f!r\TEST BRITISH STATESMEN "Tiroca" anil Fjilnev 'Sun' Forv|r«> Washington, ,Tul\ ,') In Washington Mr. Chamberlain \\m regarded an one. of tli" greatest British statesmen of the past (;eiierai.nn.

CREATOR OF IMPERIALISM. (Rec. July 0, 3 3 p m ' Paris, Julv K The newspapers in loiifi tUitur.r.r notieos <le.enbo Mr. C'linmboilnm as tho stronßPot personality in hritain during the last tlrrty Tear*, and the tine creator of linti«=}i Imperialism OERM.\N PRFA« (Rec. Jub 3 "> '> \i in i Berlin, Ink I The noAspipei pu iicnoro is '.nhiitm to the deceased s'n'Miim I'll" jiiinnal "Taf-fhhitt" w. lli.it the fur! lint Ibe colonies lion elustei ro ind the Mi'l'ipiIsmil as a ;',.uhud of : tul( p'ud' ril sislei nations is primir'i I'l lo Mr. f!iamlioilain. HIS EITOIt IS \riri' •lIIF -CM n; AFRIfV Wvlt (Ric Ju'i *' "i "< ]• in ) C?nc Town, .ni» 1 The nen-pipei- t i<l-i . •■«» Ml ( muilift'lnin'pt Blfil >UtPßiii.niii|lip. c»p«milll,Y hii olfortd to cTTcct ra.ul ia -i jr.UliDt!vu liter tho war.