The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-08-14
N0RTHCLIFFE
ENDS CAREER;
WORLD FIGURE
Publisher of London Times
Dies of Heart Failure After
Long Illness
ENGLAND MOURNs LOSS
Worked for Better Under
standing Between United
States and Empire
ENGLAND MOURNS LOSS

London, Aug. H. -Viscount
Northcliffe, noted British pub
licist, died this morning. News
of Northcliffe's death was
given out by the doctors who
have been attending him, in
this bulletin:
"Viscount Northcliffe died
at 1912 o'clock, The end was
perfectly peaceful"
Later it was stated that the
cause of Lord Northcliffe's
death was suppuration, or the
production of pus within the
heart, which was followed by
acute blood poisoning.
Death Expected
The death 'of no other un-
official person could have
made a deeper impression in
England than that of Lord
Northcliffe. The news was
not a surprise, as the bulletins
issued by the doctors for the
last week plainly indicated
that their patient was dying.
!: The nature of the fatal dis
ease has not yet been revealed
but it is expected the public
will soon be told. .~.,.
, Lord Northcliffe was by far
the most noted figure in Brit
ish journalism and the first
question on everyone's lips
was as to what effect his
death will have on the. policies
of the Times and his other
newspapers, which Z since ( the
end of the war have strongly
opposed the Lloyd George adj
ministration and it's principles
with the notable exception Of
: it's dealings with Ireland,
which Northcliffe press sup
ported throughout.
The medical terms used in
giving the cause of Lord
Northcliffe's death were ul-
cerative endocarditis, strepto-
cocoal septicemia and terminal
syncope.
This, in popular parlance,
means an inflammation on the
lining membrane of the heart,
with consequent infection of
the blood, and sudden failure
of the heart due to fainting.
Son Of Bxrrister.
: Viscount .Northclitfe, the son of an
Irish barrister, became an editor at
II years, owner and publisher of the
London Times and Daily Mail, tn.
moulder Of public opinion, man of
powerful influence in the making and
unmaking of British cabinets and.
who with David Lloyd George, con-
tributed in great measure to arous-
ing England =, more vigorous action
in the war.
He was created Baron of the Isle
of Thanet in 1905 and made q Wis.,
count in 1917 after he had served
with distinction as head of the Brit
ish Mission toTthe United States to
consolidate British interests her.
during the war.
To Viscount Nolthcliffe is ascribed
the arousing of the British public to
a knowledge Of the fact that the, Brit
ish army in France was insufaciently
equipped with high explosive shells,
that British guns on-the French front
were short of ammunition and that
Lord Kitchener, then Secretary of
State for War was sending the Brit
ish sgunners shrapnel while Sir John
\ French, as commander, was appeal
ing for the same kind of high explo-
sives that Germany. was hurting over
the lines in vast quantities.
This exposure has been character
lied as one of the outstanding jour-
nalistic feats of the war. It 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.
Assailed Censorship.
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
'of the war at that time. They were
told of the victories and advances,
but it. is claimed that the disasters
and defeats were not fully revealed.
Official England is said to have known
for l1onths that the wrong kind of
shells were being furnished. Lord
Northcliffe knew these conditions be
cause he had visited the front on sew
eral occasions. :. He sent the military !
correspondent Of the London Times,
Colonel Repingtion, to France, and
Repington sent and the Times pub
]ished despatch exposing the situa-
tion and attributing the failure OF
military operations and heavy cas-
ualty lists to deficiency in shells.
Denounced by Press.
This was followed by an editorial
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