LORD KITCHENER.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1916, Page 5

LORD KITCHENER.

THE NEWS IN AUSTRALIA. CENSORSHIP EXTRAORDINARY. AUSTRALIAN PRESS COMMENTS. Sydney, June 8. Ihc press devotes columns to eulogistic references to Lord Kitchener's work throughout the Empire. The Allies' Consuls join'in expressions of regret. In all parts of the Commonwealth Tint's are at half-mast. An Armv Order Ims been issued to wear mourning. Sir Henry Frederick Donaldson, who -Was drowned with Lord Kitchener, was a brother of the present Archbishop of Brisbane,

The Telegntph severely criticises the operation of the censorship In holding up the news of Lord Kitchener's death after it was known all over the world. It places the responsibility on the Minister of Defence lii the Federal finvernnient, under whose instructions the censorship acts.

The Telegraph says that the policy of suppressing one of the most important facts in relation to the war must irresistibly create serious uneasiness in the public mind, and when Parliament meets some official notice ought to be taken of the manner in which' the censorship is allowed to operate.

A COLLEAGUE'S TRIBUTE.

"THE GREATEST CONTEMPORARY JFIGUBE.'^ London, June 7. Mr. Balfour made a striking speech summing up the rosu.lts of the North Sea battle in responding to the toast of the "Imperial Navy" at a luncheon given by the British" Imperial Council of Commerce. He said the navy was not merely Imperial because it connected the most distant parts of the Empire, but it included the dominions' contributions, who had the happiness of participating in the victorious engagement. (Cheers. J Their pleasure was overshadowed by the tragic news of the sudden loss of , the .man who was not merely their colleague in the Cabinet, but one of the greatest contemporary figures of our time; perhaps the most striking personality in all the allied countries. His loss had cast a chill over the whole Empire. Lord Kitchener's great deeds were connected with some of the greatest events in the Empire during the last twenty years. When war threatened and it suddenly became apparent that Great Britain, in order to carry out the obligations imposed by treaties of friendship and honor, must face the greatest military powers, the eyes of the British people instinctively turned to Lord Kitchener. Perhaps it is his greatest triumph that he has left the successful creation of a vast military machinery which was absolutely non-existent in 1!) H, and was now prepared to take its share in 1 lie military labors of our allies. The loss of Lord Kitchener was not. merely national, hut international. Kitchener had the gift of a personality which was made known in countries which had not seen him. He embodied in the eyes of the Allies the military force of the Empire. We mourn for ourselves; let us not mourn for him, for lie died as 1 think he would have wished, at the height of his fame and while working for his country.

A STRIKING EULOGY.

"THOUGH DEAD HE SPEAKETH." Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received June S, 5.3 p.m. London, June 7. Colonel Repington says: "In the presence of this catastrophe we can think of nothing but the real greatness of the man and his distinguished services to the Empire. We shall never see the like again. He was a striking figure, and towered over all contemporaries in individuality by inches. Though he often stood alone, his personality was enough to carry him triupmhantly through difficulties which would have ruined many more brilliant men. Curiously, lie was a lonely figure; he repelled friendships, though a few cronies were devoted to him, and he never sought to make new ones. In some ways he was a - shy man, and never courted popularity with the public and army. He preferred to work alone, to concentrate all the power iu his own hands, and make himself his own Chief of Staff.

"Those of us who served on his staff, with the troops under him, look back proudly .to his great achievements in Egypt and the Soudan, his,famous work iu India, and his good services in Australasia. We have had our bad days and disappointments, but in all the upheavals of this mighty war Lord Kitchener's figure stood out apart from the rest. Every attack left him stronger than before. The name of Kitchener will always stand high on the roll of honor and be a symbol of public duty resolutely performed, to which lie gave, his days. In the end he gave, his life to the ideal of duty, and he spared neither himself nor others in pursuing his mapped-out course. Death's hand struck too late to prevent him accomplishing his final mission. From the general direction he has given England the efforts of the country will never be swerved, and we will follow them inflexibly to the end."

ITALY STUPEFIED.

Rome, June 7. There is stupefaction in Italy. Newspapers reprint, in leaded type, Lord Kitchener's happy . saying that "Every Englishman has two Fatherlands, Old England and Young Italy."

RUSSIA IN MOURNING.

iPetrograd, June 7. Newspapers were published with deep mourning borders. The fact that Lord Kitchener was eomins to Russia has intenstnV the national griei