A FRIEND OF BRITAIN
TRIBUTES OF LEADERS
AMONG THE GREATEST
British Official Wireless.
RUGBY, 25th November.
The . British Government, in the courso of a telegram to the French Government, expresses profound sorrow for the death of M. Clemeneeau. The message says: "His proved friendship and long loyalty in trying days entitle him to the lasting gratitude of this country, where his death will be universally mourned and his memory honoured."
The Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, in a message to the President of the Council, says of the dead statesman, "His long and distinguished career, his indomitable courage and his energy, which advancing years did not diminish, have roused the warm admiration of my countrymen, and the whole British nation grieves with Prance at his passing."
In a further tribute Mr. Mac Donald says: "The Clemenceau of history will not only be the outstanding representative of his people as a nation, but a man whose varied human qualities will always endear him to" those interested in the elements of human greatness." ' Many other Ministers and ex-Ministers have paid similar tributes, including Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Grey, and Lord Derby, who wero closely associated with him at different times during the war years and after. Mr. Lloyd George said: "We worked together during two of the most eventful years in history in the closest co-operation for the direction of the. World War and of the world peace. Of the four men who were primarily responsible for framing the Peace Treaty, Signor Orlando and I alone remain of the Council of Four. With the death of M. Clemenceau there passes away the last of the great statesmen of the nineteenth century. He will rank in history amongst the greatest of them all."
Lord Grey described M. Clemenceau as a brave statesman, a great patriot, and a staunch friend of Britain.
Lord Derby said: "The Allies owed him much, for his courage and determination to win were o* inestimable value to our cause."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 9
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330A FRIEND OF BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 128, 26 November 1929, Page 9
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