Evening star., 1923-11-09

With the ashes Of Andrew Bonar
Law. prime minister of Great Britain.
&c ealed in Westminster Abbey. "fnis''
aas been marked on the career of a
man who did his duty as he saw 1t,
regardless of consequences. There is
G very wide difference of opinion con-
cerning his efforts to lead Britain.
following the shelving of David Lloyd
4eorge. But on all sides it Is conced-
Ell that he was not mounted to power
osl the heads of those who befriended
HIM. He pushed no one aside. and
mounted on no self-created opportu-
ntties," insists the New York Tribune.
"and what came to him came to him
Through desert. He spoke his mind.
HI hated insincerities and conceal
msnts. And that trait impressed his
enemies and robbed their enmity of
any bitterness. He was also. in
truth, "a great leader" the Los An
geEes Times believes. and loyalty
was the predominant trait In the
chaTacter of this hard he AIDED Scotch
maA. loyalty to his country. to his
CONNECTIONS and his associates. Lloyd
George. during his term as war pre-
miey, had no more devoted supporter
than Bonar Law, though politically
their views were as far apart rs the
poles In many of his views and pol
icies he exhibited strong American
strain"
He. declined to ''compromise for po-
Iiticas gain" as the Birmingham
News sees his career. and ut Is of
such sturdy stuff as Bonar Law was
made that the world must look to
build4 barriers against communism
and atarchy." Yet, he may never be
premicrs," the Marion Star feels. al
though the tribute paid by Lloyd
George. "Ioyal. sagacious and help
fur-ti.e true qualities OF statesman
ship, was merited. Bonar Law will
not sooa be forgotten" 1t is the i'm
nressior. of the Ithaca Journal News
that "hk stood. in England. broadly
sneakint, for what Mr.. Harding stood
in Amefica, tranquility. greater at
tention 20 domestic affairs and fewer
foreign commitments.
1t is likely. therefore; that history
will probably record his leadership
Of a few months as a transitional
neriod. breathing space" the Hunt
ington Advertiser holds, because his
nlace bo2h in his party and In the
nation was that OF an organizeI H.s
points always were argumentative'
never rhetorical. His appeal was to
reason, not to emotions
| The Atlanta Journal. in It's turn.
noints out he was born Canadian
and reared a Scotchman and advanced
hv a series of statesmanly services to
the premiership OF the empire. he
was educated for business. 1t was In
the coalition cabinet. however. that
| he rendered his weightiest war serv.
ice. Broken-hearted under the loss OF
two splendid sons in battle. he labor
ed yaIiantiy on and masterfully In
fhe momertous7 duties Of state. Mr.:
Ronar Laws official relations. as well
as personaa attitude, to the Unlted
states were always most cordial
Here, as in every region OF the earth
| where the common heritage of Eng
lish speaking people is treasured. he
was profoundly respected for his
character and will be long remem-
bered for his goodly contributions to
history"
! nall Gazette adds, "he is unique in that
he did not enter public life until he
| was forty-two years old and yet be-
came prime minister. He Is the one
outstanding figure of the last genera
1 ton which has not shone and scintll-
| lated with some brilliant quahty. ne
has seemed to the outsider come.
what prosy figure. depending for his
| strength merely upon the integrity OF
his character, the soundness OF his
common sense and a plodding energy
that never failed. But he was some
/
nortsnt as he was, he will hardly live
long in the memory OF the average
man. because. while his fine personal
Qualities and political capacity ap.
pealed to the appreciation Of the few
| he possessed no qualities that appeal.
cd to the imagination OF the multi
His tenure bf supreme leadership
was too short" the Detroit Free
Press feels, to allow analysis of many
Of his accomplishments. but what
he did or helped to do Tor this co9n. eya.
in the state Oh British finance. Not.
withstanding the enormous debt with
which his budgets burdened the coun.
| try, British currency 10 stable ant
little deprecinted. Tho facts Nigh,
have been different * Bonar Law had