Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-15

cIlffe. noted British puOHclSt, died
Monday.
News of Lord Northcliffe's death
was given out by the doctors who
have been attending him, in this bull
letin:
"Viscount Northcliffe died at 1912
O'Clock. The end was perfectly peace
full"
The medical terms used in giving
the cause of Lord Northciffe's death
were Lucrative endocarditis. strepto-
cocoal septicemina and terminal syn
cope.
This. in popular parliance means an
inflammation of the lining membrane
of the heart, with consequent infec-
ton of the blood and sudden failure
of the heart due to ~fainting.
1t was stated that the cause of
Lord Northcliffe's death was suppura-
ton. or the production of pus within
the heart. which was followed by
acute blood poisoning.
The death of no other unofficial
person could have made a deeper i'm
preston in England than hat of Lord
Northcliffe. The news was not q sur
prise. as the bulletins issued by the
doctors for the last week plainly in
dictate that the patient was dying.
Noted in journalism
Lord Northcliffe was by far the
ism. and the first question on every
ones lips was as to what effect his
death will have OF the policy of the
Times and his other newspapers,
which since the end Of the war. have
strongly opposed the Lloyd George adj
ministration and its principles, with
the notable exception of its dealings
with Ireland. which the Northcliffe
press supported throughout.
Lord Northcliffe will be buried
Thursday in the st. Mary-Lebow
terry, Fichley. The funeral service will
be held in Westminster abbey.
Viscount Northcliffe. the son of an
Irish barrister. became an editor at
II years. owner and publisher of the
London Times and Daily Mail. the
mOulder of public opinion, a man of
powerful influence in the making and
unmaking of British cabinet and who
with David Lloyd George, contributed
in a great measure to arOusing Eng
land 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
tinction as head of the British mis-
sion to the United States to CONSOLE
date British interests here during the
war.
Aroused the British
To V~iscount Northcliffe is ascribed
the arousing of the British public to
a knowledge of the fact that the
British army in France was insuffici-
emily 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
British gunners shrapnel while Sir
John French. commander. was appeal
ing for the same kind of high ex-
plosiyes that Germany was hurting
over the lines in vast quantities.
This exposure has been %characteriz-
ed as one of the outstanding journal
istic feats of the war. 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 censor
ship which the her Baron Northcliffe
bitterly assailed. the British people
knew little about the conduct of the
war at that time. They were told of
the victories and advances, it is claim
that the disasters and defeats
were not fully revealed. Official Eng
is said TO have known for months
that the wrong kind Of shells were
being furnished. Lord Northcliffe knew
these conditions because he had visit
the front on several occasions. He
the military correspondent Of the
London Times. Colonel Repingtion. to
France, and Repington sent and the
Times published a dispatch exposing the
and attributing the failure of
operations and heavy casualty
lists to a deficiency in shells.
Criticised Kitchener
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 Eng
and into quick action. Mr.. Lloyd
Ieorge appealed to the British work
men to back up the British army and
England became a vast shop for the
manufacture Of guns and ammunition.
Lord. Northcliffe was de-
an all sides by the British
. hS ht"opdpcrS puUllCIy DuT0cU
n the streets and his life is said to
AVE been threatened.
Through his newspapers and period
Gals. Lord Northciffe had demanded
more vigorous prosecution of the
var. he attacked the government for !,
is failure in the Gallipoli campaign +:
nd in M~esopotamia. He demanded
hat conscriptioh be put into effect.
>ext ne turned his journalistic guns :
pom Premier Fl. H. Asquith. de- .
the general war committee as .
town meeting" and demanded a .
ompact war cabinet. He supported :
lloyd George in a demand for a small =
nd efficient cabinet of which Asauith !.
hould not be a member. Mr.. Asquith 8
esigned and Lloyd George succeeded :
/.
Lord Northcliffe had pointed out that 4
merica was wise in remaining out of
lie war until Germany forced her to
It. Because of his acquaintance with
conditions, Lloyd George