Page 2 Advertisements Column 3

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 26, 13 January 1912, Page 2

From a personal point of view, no Parliamentary figure in politics today is more interesting than Mr. Winston Churchill (writes the London correspondent of the Sydney “Telegraph”). The nation, irrespective of party, is slowly coming to regard him as a statesman of the first oi'der. For years after his desertion of the Unionists he was the best hated anau in the Kingdom, not even excepting Dir. Lloyd George. The feeling towards Mr. Lloyd George was political. That against Dir. Churchill was strongly personal. For a time after he crossed the floor he was bitterly attacked by a number of members on every possible occasion, and his arrogance of manner provoked rather than softened his assailants. As time went on, Oppositionists found that when the bout was over the damage was generally to themselves. The young Minister could not only hold his own across the table of the House of Commons, but he began to surprise his critics with his prompt, firm, and far-seeing administration. As ho has changed from office to office he has made mistakes as all bold administrators do, but his high carriage and his. brilliant powers ;f debate have made bis opponents shy of attempting to score off him, oven when ho is at fault. His transfer to the navy at a critical moment was approved almost universally.