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IeSt WHICH Steintu 70 AnuNNdie Nnhl
he was ho'd'nE his own. had not
prepared the public for h news OF
his comparatively rapid decline.
There has not yet been time for
funeral arrangements. but there is
every reason TO believe Il was Mr..
Bonar Laws wish to be buried as
simply as he lived.
POWERFUL IN
EUROPEAN POLITICS.
Andrew Bonar Law, n of the
most powerful figures in Political
Europe preceding. during and imme.
diateiy following the World war. be
came prime minister of England
October %. 1929. upon the resigna-
tlon of David Lloyd Georgc@last OF
the famcus wa premiors and OF the
big Four at Versailles to ster
down from office.
Bonar law had dlstin guished him.
self Eve n before as the man
who refused a kings offer to make
him prime minister. AS leader OF
the Conservatives. the largest single
party in the House of Commons. he
was summoned by King George to
form a cabinet late in 1916. after
Lloyd George. then minister of
munitions, had forced an issue with
Premier Asquith and brought about
the latter's resignation. The po-
litical colleagues Of Asquith, how
ever. declined to promise adhesion,
and believing hat n coalition gov
eminent was essential for the sue
cessful prosecution Of the war.
Bonar Law refused the honor.
Lloyd George and his famous war
cabinet was the result
Often called the Roosevelt OF
England because of his tremend-
GUS following from all parties and
all walks Of life. Bonar Law be
came chancellor OF the exchequer
under the new premier and fought
side by side with the Little Welsh
Giant" until the spring Of 1921.
when he was forced to retire be
cause of I'll health.
Although always n champion of
the man he had virtually made
premier. Bonar Law remained with
his party when the Conservatives,
in 1929, met and decided to with
hold support from the Coalition
government, which. It was felt. had
out-lived the emergency for which
II was created. Despite his failing
health, he was considered the logical
successor to Lloyd George. and
when the king again invited him
to form a ministry. he found no
words behind which to couch a re-
fusal.
He managed to conduct the affairs
of his strenuous office for seven
months before It became publicly
known that his health again had
broken down. Late in May. 1923. It
was announced that the premier
was suffering from a serious throat
affection. and hat his retirement
was imminent. A few days later
his formal resignation was filed with
the king and Stanley Baldwin. chan
cellor of the e%xchequer. was named
TO succeed him.
In contrast to the epochal period
during the war. the Armistice and
the era of reconstruction subse-
quent to the ending OF hostilities.
the government OF Bonnr Law was
III Importance ulllipukh II
dealt with several problems Of great
domestic and international magni-
tude. Among these was the Irish
question. the French invasion of the
Ruhr Valley. which placed England
in an extremely delicate position;
the funding of the American debt,
and the difficulties with Soviet Rus
STA over the treatment OF British
subjects in the Near East.
A statesman with few political
enemies. the career OF Bonar Law
was singular. He was AZ years OF
age before he entered politics. A
successful Glasgow iron merchant
who had been born and educated in
Canada. his rise to eminence in the
British parliament began with his
election in 1900 as a Unionist from
the Blackfriars division OF Glasgow
Strong for tariff reform. ne soon be-
came noted for his clear reasoning
on that subject, and as a result was
made parliamentary secretary of the
Board of Trade. Later he sue
cessively became leader of the
Unionist, or Opposition party in the
House of Commons. secretary NJ
state for the Colonies, chancellor OF
the exchequer. lord OF the privy seal
and finally premier.
Primarily a business man, he EN-.
ployed the tactics OF business rather
than the strategy OF politics in deal
ing with national problems. With
the advent of Lloyd George as pre-
mier. he became the Welshman'l
Jonathan. and was referred TO a;
his Man Friday" As n member
OF the war cabinet. as chancellor
and as the Coalition governments
leader in the House of Commons. he
enjoyed the fullest confidence OF his
famous chief.
He interpreted administration