LORD KITCHENER.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1916, Page 5

LORD KITCHENER.

WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM? SEVERAL XAMES MENTIONED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received June 12, 5.5 p.m. London, June 12. Speculation as to who will be Earl Kitchener's successor continues. Liberal newspapers are anxious that the appointment sliail be of a strictly subordinate character and be held by an orthodox party politician. Messrs Bonar Uw, Austen Chamberlain, and Herbert Samuel are suggested. Objections have been raised to Lord Milner, because bis appointment would have carried weight with neither party. Most of the newspapers agree that Mr. Lloyd George can be appointed if he so desires, but in outside, party circles a more serious view is taken. It is clear that a large number of members will not be satisfied with party promotion of a peace-time type, and they point out .Karl Kitchener's great position among the Allies, who would resent an obvious anti-climax. Outside Parliament feeling is stronger still. Lord C'urzon is mentioned as the most eminent administrator in the present Cabinet, but there is growing support for Lord Milner. The importance of a political Secretary for War is admitted, but it is more Important to appoint the strongest man available.

NEWS AT THE FRONT. , HIS MONUMENT Times and Sydney Sun Service. , London, June A. The 'Times' correspondent at British Headquarters says the army received the news of Lord Kitchener's death with profound sorrow, all ranks gazing at each other aghast. The splehdid Kitchener legions are the most fitting crowning monument to his life's work. GENEROUS GERMAN COMMENT. London, June 11. Major Moraht, in the Berlin Tageblatt, says that Lord. Kitchener was the only Englishman recognised in England as a military authority, even by his hardest and bitterest foes. He died a soldier's death, and we refrain from firing a salvo of hate over Ms tomb. For England he was not only a great man, but THE man. .' A FINE CHRISTIAN. London, June 11. There were touching references to Lord Kitchener in every church in the Kingdom. The Dean of St. Paul's said he knew that Lord Kitchener was deeply religious and a good Christian. He did not parade his religion, but served God as he served his country, truly and unostentatiously. HIS JOURNEY KNOWN OF. London, June 9. (Delayed in transmission. Lord Kitchener's proposed journey was known in England and Scotland. " An article in the Neuste'Nachrichten, Berlin, disclosed foreknowledge of at least a week,