THE LATE LORD ROBERTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 24 August 1916, Page 3

THE LATE LORD ROBERTS.

A STATUE UNVEILED. LONDON, August 21, Thirty thousand witnessed the Countess of Roberts unveiling an equestrian statue of her father at Glasgow. Lord Derby delivered a eulogium. He said lie could not overlook the fact that Lord Eobents was treated with scorn by many who should have' known better. He preached a lesson they woi'e now learning. If Britain had learned it earlier, it would have saved thousands of men and millions of pounds. Sir Douglas Haig telegraphed. For many years Lord Roberts had seen this war coming. He laboured unceasingly to awake his countrymen, who must feel a pang of regret that the gallant old soldier was not spared to see how splendidly the British people had risen to the occasion, and how, through many tribulations, they ware steadily bringing the terrible war to a triumphant end.