The New York herald., 1922-08-15
Refused Air Ministry.

ices were notably efficacious in arous-
ing America.
Refused Air Ministry.
For his services to tia Government
IN this and other respects he was made
.Viscount when he returned to Eng
land He was offered the post or AIT
Minister. This evoked letter In whicn
he again sharply criticized the British
conduct of the war, declaring In letter
to Prime Minister Lloyd George that
II feel that I can do better work II
maintain my independence and am not
ga gged by a loyalty that I do not feel
toward the whole of your administra"
! tion" He denounced the absurd Sc
crecv about the war" which he said
was still prevalent. and gave warning
that "unless there is swift improvement
in our methods here, the United states
will rightly take into it's own hands
tho entire management of great part
of the war. 1t will not sacrifice its
blood and treasure to the incompetent
handling of the affairs OF EUROPE. ,o,s
Viscount Northcliffe. however. in l9lS.
accented the post Of Director of Propa-
gopda IN Enemy Countries and for the
ra,oainder of the war directed an or
g,nization which had agents In Ger
many ahd Austria and an extensive
orpanization in the nations bordering
on them.
Following the armistice and the treaty
of Versailles Northcliffe expressed dis
| satisfaction with the attitude or Llovi
George toward Germany and Russia.
Th,s attack evoked from the Premier a
scathing speech of criticism against the
newspa per proprietor in the House OF
! Commons. This incident was pointed 70
ne IN keeping with the previous attituce
| Of Northcliffe who. II was said, never
failed to criticize friend or foe alike !.
! no deemed their actions in public lite
justified IT, He himself once clearly
! stated his recipe for success as foi-
| lows: Concentrate your energies ana
| work hard Launch out In new expert
roents. Never be afraid to have the
courage of your opinions. Fix the lines
YOU want to travel along and keep on
| them. That Is ALL" Since then North.
| cliffe severely and constantly criticized
| the Premier for his Continental and
Near Eastern policies and what he called
the system of wastefulness at home.
| The wickham steed Interview.
| On his recent trip around the world
Lord Northcliffe created several sensa-
| tions Shortly after his arrival In this
| country, on the first lap of the tour.
| his companion. II. Wickham Steed. edit
| or of the London Times, gave out an
interview i'm which he is said to have
quoted King George as having demande
| Of Lloyd George Are you going to
shoot all the people in Ireland?' When
! published this story brought denials
from both the King and Lloyd George,
the Premier denouncing the alleged
statement as criminal malisnty for
personal ends" Steed himself denied
that he had made such a statement OF
that he had intended 20.
An invitation to stay at the British
Embassy while in Washington and to
attend an embassy dinner with Ambas-
sador Geddes was Withdrawn. North
| cllffe laid this move to Lord Curzon, the
/ British Foreign Secretary.
Later. while visiting the Far East,
Lord Northcliffe was severely criticized
by his foes at home when in an inter-
view given out at Pekn he scored
the Anglo-Japanese alliance and de
clared that England and the United
States must stand together in the Far
East"
Lord Northcliffe recently began a trip
through Germany incognito to ascertain
the facts about conditions in that
country. he explained. He Travelled un-
| der pseudonym because of the animos-
ity toward him owing TO his work as
director of propaganda in foreign coun-
tries during the war, he said.
At the time that he was forced to
abandon his tour to go TO Switzerland
for rest, he had written several ar
ticles, in which he said that while he
found many OF the Germans extremely
| hostile. / did not encounter a single
unpleasant incident during the trip"
\ Following close on the heels OF his
| illness and retirement to Switzerland il
was announced from London that two
| OF his chief aids. Sir Andrew Card and
| w. G. Fish. had issued writs for libel
] against him I'm connection with tho with.
drawal Of the Nortbcliffe papers from
the association OF English publishers
| following a dispute over proposed re-
duction of printers wages. These suits
were voluntarily Withdrawn when Lord
| Northcliffe's Illness became critical.
| IT was then announced that North.
cliffe had bought the Walter family's
interest In the London Times, giving him
/ complete ownership instead OF tho 81
| per cent control no formerly had LORD
| Northcliffe returned from the Con.
tinent In the second week In June and
went to a nursing home in London
| Lord Northclffe's public services and
! those OF his papers were many. He
standardized bread In England His
| fight for pure milk in England was a
battle royal. lie Influenced for the
better the design OF many cottages
which of late years have been built
| in England. He raised large sums
| for public purposes, such as $4,000 III
three months for supplying British
troops with comforts. $4,000 in four
days to free the Union Jack Club for
sailors and soldiers from debt and A0.-
600 to help cabmen displaced by taxi
| cabs His Santa Claus fund in one
year furnished 10000 children with
Christmas presents.
| Lord Northcliffe is survived by his
| wife who was Miss Mary Elizabeth