TO ASQUITH.
“There are certain things that his contemporaries can say without the slightest fear that their judgment will be reversed. He served the country with complete disinterestedness. In all his parliamentary life no one has imputed to him that ho ever tricked the public, betrayed a friend or saved himself at the expense of a colleague. If there lias been intrigue or chicane or dishonesty, he has had no part in it. So far as lie is concerned, the historian may spare himself the pains of searching for hidden records of miavowed motives. From beginning to end his career is an open book which the simplest may ropd. At a time when much evil is spoken of politicians and the suspicious are encouraged to believe that great events are governed by secret machinations. Ids example lias greatly helped to sustain the credit of British statesmanship and been a guarantee to the world cf honesty and straightforwardness of British policy.”—Air J. A. Spender in the “Contemporary Review.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1927, Page 4
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167TO ASQUITH. Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1927, Page 4
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