DEATH OF BONAR LAW.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2653, 1 November 1923, Page 3

DEATH OF BONAR LAW.

A STATESMAN’S PASSING. RESULT OF SEPTIC PNEUMONIA London, October 30th. Mr Andrew Bonar Law, ex-Prime Miuisfer of Great Britain,-is dead. His death was brought about by aente septic pneumonia. TRIBUTES FROM ALL. MR LLOYD GEORGE’S' SORROW. Philadelphia, October 30. Mr Lloyd George, referring to the death of Mr Bonar Law, said: “T l eard the sad news with deep regret, tinged with relief that his long and severe suffering had at last come to a peaceful’ end. T saw him shorfly before I left for this country, and the news was eertainlv not unexnected bv me.” Continuing. Mr Lloyd George said that the two of them had worked in closer co-op-eration and partnership than prohnhlv any two Ministers of the Crown had ever worked before. No man could wish for a more loyal, sagacious, and helpful partner, in times of emergency. “Although wc had serious poli-. ties! differences that severed our co-operation during the past year,” said Mr’Lloyd George, “our friendship never broke and I 'we met just a few days before T left for these shores Tt fills me with sadness to think I shall never meet him again.” Mr W. F. Massey states that he was first acquainted with Mr Bonar Law in 1016, and later they sat as colleagues in the Empire War Cabinet. His untimely death has deprived the Empire of a statesman whose place at this critical juncture of its history it will he difficult to fill.

Sir James Craig’s message to Lndv Svkes, daughter of the deceased statesman, says that Mr -Bonn r Law stood firm bv Ulster during, many dark hours and Ulstermen join in deploring the passing of m n-rcat statesman. The Ulster Association also sent, a message of sympathy. SORROW TN ENGLAND. “HTS LOSS IRREPARABLE.” SAYS MR BALDWIN. London, October 30th. Mr Raldwin has sent the following message to the Press in regard to Mr Bonar Law’s death: “For him I am'thankful that he has been spared further suffering. For his friends the loss is irreparable. The country will not forge! that he sacrificed his life in her Service.’-’ There is a general desire to hold a national memorial service at Westminster Abbey. , Tt is now revealed for the first time that the late Mr Law suffered' from cancer of the throat, and knew for a long time that he was a doomed man. He was unable to take any solid refreshment for several days. His two sons, his daughter, and his son-in-law were present at the end. Lady Sykes, his other daughter, arrived shorfly afterwards. The family received messages from the King and Queen, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the Royal Family, and from every part of the Empire.

THE KING’S PERSONAL TRI- ■ BUTE. London, October 31. The King conveyed his and the Queen’s sympathy to Mi 1 Bonar Law’s daughter. His Majesty says he always found the ex-Premier a wise and capable councillor and a steadfast, friend, and throughout his relations ns a Minister of the Crown and Prime Minister, His Majesty recognised his integrity, patriotism and single-heartedness, which gained for him the confidence and respect of his fellows at home and abroad.