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moulder of public opinion, a man of unmaking of British cabinets and, who with David Lloyd George. con- tributed in great measure to arous- ing England to more vigorous action in the war.
 He was created Baron of the Isle of Thanet in 1905 and made a Viscount in 1917 after he had served with dis tnction as head of the British Mission to the United States to consolidate British interests here during the war.
 To Viscount Northcliffe is ascribed the arousing of the British public to a Knowledge of the fact that the Brit ish army in France was insufficient1y euipped with high explosive shells, were short of ammunition and that Lord ktichner, then Secretary of State for War, was sending the Brit ish gunners shrapnel while Sir John French, was commander, was appeal ing for the same kind of high explos- ives that Germany was hurling over the lines in vast quantities.
 This exposure has been character tzed as one of the outstanding journ- a1Lstic feats of the war. It resulted in the appointment of David Lloyu George as the first British Minist CT of Munitions and put him on the road to become Prime Minister.
 Owing, it is said, to the rigid cen sorship which the then Baron North chfe bitterly asSailed. the British peo- p1e knew little about the conduct of the war at that time. They were told of the victories and advances, but it is claimed that the disasters and de- feats were not fully reevaled. Official England is said to have known for months that the wrong kind of shells were being furnished. Lord North cliffe knew these conditions because he had visited the front on several !, occasions. He sent the military cor respondent of the London Times Colonel Repington, to France, ana Repington sent and the Times pub llShGd A deSDafHh aXnnSinc~ ha Sif1 ton and attrfbuting the failure of militaray operations and heavy cas- ualty lists to a deficiency fn shells.
 This was followed by an editorial criticism of Lord Kitchener who up to that time had been regarded as EnglandS greatest war genius. The revelations and criticisms shocked England into quick action. MT. Lloyd George appealed to the British work men to back up the British army and England became vast shop for the manufacture of guns and ammuni- tion- Meantime Lord Northcliffe was denounced on all sides by the British press, his newspapers publicly burned in the streets and his life is said to have been threatnd.
 s. Through his nwSpapers and period 1cals, Lord Northcliffe had demanded g. more vigorous prosecution or the war. He attacked the government for its failure in the Gallipoli cam paign and. in Mesopotamia. He de manded that conscription be put into >Nsffect- Next he turned his journalis- tcs guns upon Premier H. H. Az Quith, denounced the General War committee as a town meeting" and demanded a compact war cabinet. He supported Lloyd; George in a demand for a small and efficient cambinet or which Asquith should not be mena Der. MT. Asquith resigned and Lloyd George succeeded him.
 Lord Northcliffe had pointed out that America was wise in remaining out of the until Gern1ar1v her to act. Because of his acquaint- ance with American conditions, Lloyd public office, contrary to his resolu- tion, and Northcliffe came to the United States as head of the British Mission in which he directed the assistants.
 For his services to the government in this and other respects he was made Viscount.. Returning to Eng land he was offered the post of Air Minister. This evoked a letter in which Viscount Northcliffe sharply criticized the British conduct in the war. In declining to accept the pc United States was prep Ing with fer vor and enthusiasm for the war. Eng land warbbled for = two years over question of unity of war control, erad- ication of sedition, mobilization of the whole man and woman power of the country and introduction of compul- sorry food rations.
 ,''I feel that I can do better work if I maintain my independence and am not gagged by loyalty that I dc not feel toward the whole of youl George He denounced the absurd secrecy about the war; which he said, was still prevalent and gave improvement in our methods here the United States will rightly take into it's own hands the entire man agement of a great part of the war It will not sacrifice its blood ant treasure to the incompetent handling of the affairs of Europe"
 ViScount Northcliffe, however, ac. cepted the post of Director of Propa ganda in Enemy Countries and fol the remainder of the war directed al organization in the nations which haC an extensive organization in the na tions bordering on them.
 With the armistice and the subse auent appointment of Winston Viscount NorthcIiffe who long hat been hostile to Churchill, turned against Lloyd George and attacked him. This evoked from the Premie a scathing speech of criticism agains the newspaper proprietor in tn House of Commons. This inciden was pointed to as in keeping with tn previous attitude of Northcliffe who it was said, never failed to criticiz friend or foe alike, if he deemed thei actions in public life justified it.
 Lord Northc1iffe was ill at the tim the Armistice was signed. His Hines was diagnosed due to adenoma O the thyroid gland, for which he under went an operation in June, 1919- Al though he was incapacitated, h exerted considerable influence on tn British government during the Peac Conference at Versailles.
 Plans were made early in 1921 fo 6 world tour. The start was delaye until July because of labor trouble involving the punishing industry, an a renewal of hostilities between Lloy George and himself. Lord Northcliff attacked the motives of the Premie and Marquis Curzon in desiring represent Great Britain at the Wast ington Arms Conference As a re suit of this attack, government new was barred from the Northcliffe pres Lord Northcliffe sailed for Americ defying the boycott.
 During his world tour, Lord Nortf cliffe occupied the public attention each country he visisted, displayir great knowledge of the problems fa' ing various nations. Arriving in Ne
 York. July 23, 1921, he warmly e1
 dorsed President Harding's plans f.