Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-01
BONAR LAW, NOTED
BRITISH STATESMAN,
IS DEAD IN LONDON
Pneumonia Attack Is Fatal
to English Leader Weak
ened by Strain of Throat
Affection

LONDON, Oct S0.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. ANDREW Bonar Law.
fer seven months prime minister OF
Great Britain, died in his modest
London home at o'clock this morn.
ing. The official bulletin issued by
the physicians who attended the
former premier said death came fol
lowing an acute attack of septic
pneumonia.
The death Of Mr.. Bonar Law will
be a shock to Great Britain, for
while it was known that his condi-
ticn was very serious, it was not ex-
pected that the end was so near.
Five months ago, on May 20, he
resigned the premiership because of
throat malady which for a long
time had troubled him. Even then he
was reluctant to admit that his ca
reer was finished, and retained his
seat ins the house of commons where
Ae IDS uletdS IWO VI lhASC oPPO1A
ances.
Ten days ago Mr.. Bonar Law re-
turned to London from Brighton
after a sojourn of several weeks. His
physicians issued a statement say
ing he had contracted a severe chill,
but the public did not suspect that
the end was so near until they read
in the mornings newspapers that he
had developed septic pneumonia, a
condition that gave rise to consider.
able anxiety. Soon after, extras ap.
pedred giving the news of his death.
The ex-premier's daughter and
his two surviving sons, Anthony and
Richard, were at the bedside when
death came. Two of his sons were
killed in the World war. a sorrow
from which Mr.. Bonar Law never
recovered. tie
Born in Canada
When the Canadian Scotsman, Mr.
Bonar Law, was born in New
Brunswick, Canada, on September
16. 1858, accepted his high Office of
a year ago his friends well knew
that his health was precarious. Out
side that close circle it was known
only that he had contracted a throat
complaint which had prevented
him from speaking.
Mr.. Bonar Law was aware of his
own condition and promised the
unionist party, when he accepted
its mandate, that he would resign if
and when ne found his strength un-
equal to his work. He gave place
to Stanley Baldwin, his chancellor
of the eXchequer, almost before his
new government was fairly organic
ed, retiring to the country to SITE
guard his failil strength.
No official statement as to the ma
ture of Mr.. Bonar Laws illness was
ever made, but the public drew an
inference from the fact that DR..
Thomas Horder, who was attending
him when he resigned and who has
since been his physician, is one of
the foremost cancer specialists.
During the interval spent in the
country since his retirement from
the prime ministership, Mr.. Bonar
Law had been able to take outdoor
walks, and also motored consider.
ably. The reports Of these activities,
which seemed to indicate that he
was holding his own, had not pre-.
No If q
comparatively rapid decline.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin,
who succeeded Andrew Bonaw Law
to the premiership, paid the follow.
ing tribute to the dead statesman:
For him, L am thankful he has
been spared further suffering; for
his friends, the loss is irreparable,
The country will not forget that he
sacrificed his life in her service"
A statesman with few political
enemies, Bonar Laws career was
singular. He did not enter politics
until he was AZ years old.
A successful Glasgow iron mer,
chant who had been born and edu
Gated in Canada, his rise to emf
nence in the British parliament be-
gan with his election in 1900 as 6
unionist fom the Blackfriars divi
sion of Glasgow. Strong for tariff
reform, he became noted for his
clear reasoning on that subject an(
was soon made parliamentary secre
tary of the board of trade.
Later he SUCCESSFULLY became lead
err Of the unionist or opposition
party in the house Of commons, sec
rotary for the colonies, a member
of the Lloyd George coalition wal
cabinet, chancellor Of the exchequel
and lord of the privy seal.
Primarily business man, he EN-
ployed the tactics Of business rather
than the strategy or politics in deal
ing with national problems. Leade
of the uniQnist opposition in tn
house of commons in 1911 to 1915
it was Bonar Law who, at the out
set of the war, proclaimed a part.
truce. Military reverses in the fell
and domestic difficulties at home let
to the retirement of the Asquitl
ministry in 1916 and it was at thi
time that King George called upol
the former Glasgow ironmonger t.
form a cabinet When he declined
the honor fell to David Lloyt
George, the little Welshman VIII,
had within few months as ministe
of munitions turned the British Isle
into one great arms of ammunition
factory.
Bonar Law was David Lloyt
Georges Jonathan. AS a member o
the premier's war cabinet, as chan
cellor of the exchequer and as tn
coalition governments leader in tn
house of commons, he enjoyed tn
fullest confidence of his famou
chief.
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