Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14
Viscount Northclife,
One Of Most Prominent n.
Men OF England, Dead
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n~alisttc feats Of, the war. ItresAltedd
George as the first British minister
of munitions and put himsSon the road
to become prime minister. Y
Owing, 1t Is said to the rigid cen
sorship which the then Baron IN North
cliffe bitterly assailedS. the Britain
people knew little about the conduct
+. OF the war at that time. They were
told OF the victories and advances,
but 1t Is claimed that the disasters
and defeats were not fully revealed.
Official England lis said TO have
known for months that. the wrong
kind Of shells were being furnished.
Lord, Nortclire knew these conditions
because he had visited the front On
several occasions. He sent the mill
Times, Colonel Repington, to France,
and Repington 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
FEngland's greatest war genius. The
England into quick action. Mr.: Lloyd
George appealed to the British work
men to back up the British army and
England became a vast shop for the
manufacture of gum and amrnuni-
ton. Meantime Lord Northclilfe 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. Ii, =
odicals, Lord Northcliffe had de-
manded a more vigorous prosecution
Of the war. He attacked the govern
ment for it's failure In the Galliopoli
campaign and in Mesopotamia. He
demanded that CONSUMPTION be put
into effect. Next he turned his jour
n~alistic guns upon Premier H. H. As
quith. denounced the general war
committee as a town meeting and
demanded agcompact,sw war cabinet. He
supported Lloyd George In q. demand
for a small and efficient. cabinet of
which Asquith should not be a mem
Der. Mr.. Asquith resigned and Lloyd
George succeeded him. ,
Lord Northcfffe had pointed out
that America was wise In remaining
out Of the war until Germany forced
her to act. Because OF his 4acquaint-
ance with American conditions, Lloyd
George prevailed on him to accept his
first public office. contrary to his
resolution, and Northcune 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 ViooNpyrf orthNHfR oha~Alxy
criticized the British conduct in the
In declining to accept the po-
sition, he declared, that while tho
United States was preparing with
fervor n enthusiasm for the war
England warbled for two years over
conscription. was dallying with the
question Of unity Of war control,
Of the whole man apd woman power
of the country and introduction of
compulsory food rations.
II feel that 1 can do better work II
I maintain my independence and am
not gagged by a loyalty that I do not
feel toward he whole of your dem
o%nstration," he wrote to Mr.. Lloyd
secrecy about the war" which he
said, vas still prevalent and gave
warning that unless there is swift
improvement in our methods here,
the United States will rightly take
into its 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 Northclihe. 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
ions bordering on them.
With the armistice and the subss-
quent appointment Of Winston
Churchill as minister of munitions,
Viscount Northcliffe, who long y had
been hostile to Churchill, turned
against Lloyd George and attacked
him. This evoked from the premier
Ia scathing speech Of criticism against
the newspaper proprietor in the house
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