Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14
viscount Northci8e,-
One OF Most Prominent
Men OF England, Dead
Acohtinued from Page u

naliStic featS OF the a 1t resulted
In the appointment Of David Lloyd
George as the first British minister
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
cliffe bitterly assailed, the British
people knew little about the conduct
Z. OF the war at that. time. They we're
told Of the victories and advances.
but it is claimed that the disasters
and defeats were not fully revealed.
Oflcial England is said to have
known for months that the wrong
kind of shells were being furnished.
Lord Nortcliffe knew. these conditions
because he had visited the front on
several. occasions. He sent the mill
tary correspondent of the London
Times. Colonel Repington. to France,
and Remington sent and the Times
published a dispatch exposing the
situation and attributing the failure
of. military operations and heavy
casualty lists to a deficiency in shells.
This was followed by an editorial
criticism of Lord Kitchener who up
to that time had been regarded as
England's' greatest war genius. The
revelations and criticism shocked
England into quick action. Mr.. Lloyd
George Appealed to the British work
| AACi ~ ~0Sn uP kAAO al L. oAAA
England became a vas shop for the
manufacture of gun and ammuni-
ton. Meantime Lord Northclife was
denounced on all side by the British
press, his newspapers publicly burned
in the streets and his life is said to
have been threatened.
Through his newspapers. and peri
odicals. Lord Northcliffe had de-
manded a more vigorous prosecution
| ~ thu -ap III otto Oh4d %hA ~e1,o~~-
mont for it's failure in the Galliopoli
| campaign and in Mesopotamia. He
, demanded that CONSUMPTION be put
into effect. Next he turned his jour
nalistic guns upon Premier H. H. As
quith, denounced the general war
committee as a town meeting" and
demanded a compact war cabinet. He
for a small and efficient cabinet Of
which Asquith should not be a,mem-
Der. Mr.. Asqutth resigned and Lloyd
George succeeded him.
Lord Northciffe had pointed out
that America was wise in remaining
out OF the war until Germany forced
her to act. Because of his acquaint-
George prevailed on him to accept his
first public office, contrary to- his
resolution, and Northclffe came to
the United States as head of the
British mission in which he directed
the work of some 500 officials and
10000 assistants.
Was Made Viscount-
For his services to the government
in this and other respects he was
made v%iscount. Returning to Eng
land, he was offered the post of air
minister. This, evoked a letter in
| which Viscount NQrthcliffe sharply
criticized the British conduct in the
a In declining to accept the po-
United States was preparing with
fervor and enthusiasm for the war,
England warbled for two years over
CONSUMPTION, was dallying with the
question of unity of war control,
eradication of sedition, mobilization
Of the whole nan and woman power
of, the country and introduction of
compulsory food rations. ~
Il feel that Lean do better work If
I maintain my independence and am
not gagged by azloyalty that 1 do not
feel toward the whole of your DEM
%onstration," he wrote to Mr. Lloyd
George. He denounced the absurd
secrecy about The war which he
said, was still prevalent and gave
warning hat unless there is. swift
improvement in u methods here,
the United States will rightly : take
into its own hands the entire man
aeement of a great part Of the war.
1t will not sacrifice its blood and
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 for the
remainder Of the war directed an or
ganization in the nations which had
agents in Germany and Austria and
an extensive organization In the ma
tons bordering on them.
With the armistice and the subse-
Churchill as minister of munitions.
Viscount Northcliffe. who long had
been hostile to Churchill, turned
against Lloyd George and attacked
him. This evoked from the premier
a scathing speech of criticism against
the newspaper proprietor in the house