The Thames Star. MONDAY, JULY 14, 1919. WAYS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13935, 14 July 1919, Page 2

The Thames Star.

MONDAY, JULY 14, 1919. WAYS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Maniy repurtiaitdoinfii were' lost' .duffing .tiha odwsb of ftiie Greait.. War: m&mi. bellieved to be greaib leaders were tinted by 'th© setaircihiing! test of results ' in, -tihe field and their rtepaDtiaittloaiiS j varnished im tihe smoke of ba^itiLe 1. • Not' only British, aoildiemsi, but . Bmitliisihstlalfeeisarim, faoledl- to riso to the re-I quired heights a.nd like tihe mrilitiairy ' leaders who werei found .wiain'tliirig! iti the; hoiur" of, ittrial, tihese men, who miigjhrfj hiatve exspiedtied to rank as gn-Jeiat stiafttearaemi, Aval (glen dowi* in-to | Msstlotry btfaraded as failures. Mr \ Lloyd Ge-oirgie dki cauree j tthj© gireaifc excieiptiiofni. His reipuibaitiomi' •waia won 1 beloire the war ', but his [ •work first! in the M'misitry of Muai- j tiioras and later as > Pri.m© Miinasitteir. cairried him still farther 1 and pilaced hiim amoaiig'siti the* fofremiosifc of Bwitnbiii i Primia Ministers- Amosngst tih© new i mc<n who', hk.ve answered itoi etv'ery i teist of war is. Biii" Erici Geddeis, whose ! waane was ißnlamown. before 1914. Sir, Erio-Geddes % only 43 yeair«, of ago, Tjiifc'tihiose yeaa'si «a"c ories of aichaeveineint. T3ie son of ami o3d Scotoli faini- ; ily, ho gaanied his first 'esperieaiicei of life..in lumbar ciannps in the Soiriihea-n States of Anieriaai, froisi, whence, he ! ga'aduaitled into rad'lwiay work, starting I cia tthe bottom ru«.g of the* ladder. After 'gaiixinig r'a.ihvny ecxperiemice in jAmea-tci;. and India, he went, baciki to-' I -Engfend; "amd worked his way »v.pi in ' j*h« No)rtih-Ea,sitiern, Railway. When * waa" ba*oike oiut amd racn witih tiranjsipon-t j esperieincie were needed, Geddeis-wa« i called cm. vmd ciaimiol thifoniaiH' witili •jcred/iib.- His woirk, fir-sit in Englalnd. i then, beihind fihei lines in Fr-ance, wa'is jsuoh that he spna-nig intio tihe firab |rank aa:d wa® made Ddreetoir-Gemeral |of Tra/ns.poirtlaitliwin, a; ip'osdftioin) ho J filled with cirodiiit, ttll called to tho Admiii^ilty. > j Noiw thflit tiho wa.r i<s oiVer and Bni tain has ifco- i-eciOinsibiTcit hpf imdus trie«. uji'dear ai .bmrden oil tiaxait'ion econioimies of many lvimd^ are necessary. It wa^ very fitlttiin^ thereforre that Sir Etrib Geddew sh'odilff Ixanrie been cn-eß|ted Minnrliren." of Warys and 1 CoimmuiniLCiaitionis. H© liats nlready anranpeid iai TOKmibeti' of ■ refAnns in rnrlwarv workimls 1 'and the ha^dimtf of aiiega a.t ttibe d«iks aind.on 1 the nomdsi, tho oibjerf of which were to elimiinato waste and it i#j • +ft> be nmitioipaited tih at his Tiew Deptnlrtmfißit .Avill go inucih fuii4i!ier once At has. jjoit: initos runinkhc: oT'deir 1-