EARL KITCHENER'S WORK.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2793, 10 June 1916, Page 5

EARL KITCHENER'S WORK.

THE NEW BRITISH ARMY' I ' . j HIS MAJESTIC FIGURE WILL I STAND'OUT i'i j EMPIRE'S DLMMN j ' \j By TdssraDh—Press Association—CoDyr!?!) • | {"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ■ { London,. June 8. i The "Evening News" ; says':—"lt was j not even known that Lord.Kitchener had -j left London. Ho has given' his life for { his country as much' as any soldier on : the battlefield. • His .death will intensify • j the Empire's determination 'to execute •.] the full penalty on,the people sanction- j ingifc." ■' , '] The. "Evening Standard" reviews,. Lord ' i Kitchener's wonderful 'work in' forming : . the new British Army, declaring that he well and truly laid the foundation of sue- i cess. "When the war. is over, his ma- . ,'j jestic figure will sbiml out against the . j fiery background wia heightened splen- .1 dour." . 'j KITCHENER'S PREDICTION . 1 __ i WAR OVER IN ONE MORE ?: :3 YEAR " ] ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) j (Rec. June 9, 5.5. p.m.) ' ' ' .i London, June S,' j Iu the "Manchester Guardian" a friend of the late Lord Kitchener- writes'"Kit- , chener recently said,. 'In .one more year : •" the war mil be over.' . 1 "Kitchener frequently said;during the political crisis, 'If our people would ■ only stick together and fight the Germans instead of each other we ■would., soon win through.'" A STRIKING TRIBUTE | LIKE A FIGURE IN A LEGEND ; j ("Times" and Sydney "Sim" Services.) .5 (Rec. June.!), 5.5 p.in:) ;j London, Juno 8. j M; Herbette, writing in the "Echo de Paris" a tribute to the late. Earl Kitch- . ■; ener, says:—"This almost legendary per- 1 sonago with eyes of steel, disappeared like . -j a figure in a legend, with a warship for: j his coffin. The imagination sees the tall, i strong figure rising above the waves i watching in battle tho armies he creat- 1 ed." ... ... | ! FOR.EI.GN PRESS .EUMG.iEK';,' ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (Bee. June 9, 5.5 p.m.) . London, June" 8. The. Dauisli, Dutch, ■ and Portuguese , Press pay warm tributes to the late sol- ■ dier. Many papers emphasise the point that Kitchener's death will strengthen . the British determination to pursue the wan until -his death is properly avenged. - AMERICAN TRIBUTE . ; 1 . A GLUTTON FOR WORK (Rec. June X 9, 9,20 p.m.) , V; ■ - London, June 9, The London correspondent of the Not? York . "Sun," in a-remarkable dispatch descriptive of Kitchener's work, says he ' . frequently exhorted his staff to make •' greater effort, and once said': '"We' musl win this war, that'is the essential thing,. . • that is tho work; before ust- ! : It .makes . no difference .who 'is' the workman, s«, long as the work is done. .The peopl! \ wanted me to take on this task, and J •have-done-so. If-they ■ I would 'not- have" any personal sensitive* ness if replaced me'by- appointing v : somebody more capable. I would willingly, resign with the "consciousness that :.j I had done the best to give place to a • better man able to carry on and win." The correspondent continues: "Kitchen-.- . ip'.'the iJjjdan, South* -..-'r-r Africa, and" India never hesitated to call - at York House. There wore always extra . covers laid for .unexpected visitors." "Kitchener was a glutton for' work. , . He' never permitted a subordinate to say 'I think." .He. invariably replied, Do -j not think; be certain".' '* .i "Kitchener was a born .diplomat. He .1 daily sat at his desk ,in a big . room ,on , , j'| the "first .War Office.close to v ; J a window where Hun might eas- . .•£ ily have bombed^h"im,. : like a company chairman, crisply ... expressing.' his -, own - .* opinions, deftly, inviting the ■ opinions of . j his colleagues, always businesslike, con- i siderate and conciliatory. He was a\ i twenty-four-a-day man. a His only relax-' ; ation were his wMk'-en'ds - at. Broome. | His supposed austerity'AvaS'really. shyness for he hated- crowds and '-hated'public-•, ity ;" ; WERE SPIES RESPONSIBLE? j DRASTIC ACTION ■ j ("Times", and Sydnej% "Sun" Services.) •}*•*; (Rec. June 9, 5.5 p.m.) -. i London, June S. " ■■■ •;! 'A.section of the"'Press, ;disc'ussing',tha'Vj possibility of. spies being responsible for j Lord Kitchener's deatli, : strongly demands, the immediate internment of all aliens. ; The "Evening News", says.it is boliev- . ed all over London that''spies' communi- ' cated to the Germari-niithontiesi Kitch-;. •: 1 oner's journey to: Jiussia.. . :-The. ; ,,-paper . considers that naturalised.,. Germans' are especially dangerous. Naturalisation was j i being largely used as a cloaK.^' pearly. • ;] seventeen thousand' London Germans-hava j been'interned, but'the numbers not . in-: ■-j terned are indefinite.- 1 . lord Headley says there are. twenty. ;4 thousand' German- ill' London'and seven .-! ,1 thousand elsewhere. ■■l i 'ive hundred ara . -,j living in prohibited areas. 1 At Glasgow,'.a citizens! ..-jriechng de- ,:,W inanded that the Government intern, of . , j deport ail enemy alieiis--.-.-.: *1 . ' i MEMORIAL SERVICE. . • IN VICTORIAN. MILITARY CAMP 1 ?.. ; i Melbourne, June 9. ,-: Impressive memorial services were com ' ; j ducted iu all military camps in Victoria v\; iu connfiofion with ' the' death." ot Lorcl • .v Kitchener.. ; , ' MAORI. CONDOLENCES" , j "WILL ASSIST .UNTIL :'tHE'END." j . . Jrom- Matiu Kapa,.-: Kaikohe, the Cm fence Minister has received the following , . J telegram:- • , •• -. vi "We are mourning together wita -.-j you the loss of Lord' Kitchener and • those who have gone to rest ...nith. him." ' The' Defence Minister has sent tho fol« . \ lowing' 'reply' to. the message:— ,? "I have received your telegram and . have sent it to His Excellency the Gov- j ernor that he may read how greatly you . and your people mourn with all tho ; King's subjects the loss of LoTd" Kitchener and those who have so sadlv perished with him. Sad, indeed, are all our ■ hearts at the untimely fate of this great ..., -f rangatira of ' our' Empire, but even. ■ though ho has gone from us we must andl, ,5 will fight on and finish the great workl . ] we all -regret he has not lived to com-l ,] plete. '' i "(Sgd.) J. ALLEN. ■ j "Minister of.'-Defence." j Matiu Kapii sent the following r«j ; sponse:— i "Yes, we will continue • to assist until the final - result lias been : achieved." • : 5