Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-31

HA|G,,
BRITISH GEN,
DIES MONDAY
Great Britain Bows Heads
In Sorrow On Passing
Of War Hero
HONOR IN DEATH
Marshal Foch and King AL
bert May Attend the
Last Obsequies

IS LONDON, Jan. 80 (P-Earl Douglas
Haig, one of the most outstanding of
the military leaders during the World
war; died suddenly here today, his
heart weakened by war strain.
The commander in chief of the Brit
ish armies in France and Belgium,
whose name is linked with that of
Marshal Foch of France and General
John j. Pershing of the United States
in the victory over Germany, was 66
years old
With his death Great Britain bowed
her head in sorrow at the passing Of
the man who led her king -emperor's
forces to victory across the shelI-torn
battlefield of Flanders Field Marshall
Haig had received his call from the
great commander in chief shortly after
midnight, and with his death the en-
pire lost one whom military experts
place in the first rank of England's SOL
dierS.
2 Today the nation was paying tribute
to it's hero Old ST. Paul's cathedral
with it's thousand hallowed memories
probably will be the last resting place
of the marshal A definite decision
Pauls has come to be regarded as Eng
lands hall of fame for her military
leaders, and if Earl Haig is buried in
this ancient house of worship, he will
lie i'll the company of the Duke of
wellington, Lords Roberts, Wolsey and
Napier and Sir Henry Wilson, as well
as other distinguished fighters.
1t is possible that Marshal Foch,
generalissimo of the allied armies in
France at the end of the World war,
and King Albert of Belgium with whom
Earl Haig was so closely associated
during the world conflict, will come to
London to give last salute to their
comrade in arms. Hundreds of other
famous men and women also will pay
homage at his bier.
Earl Haig died of heart disease caus-
ed by war strain and SO he passed on
as truly a victim of the conflict as
though he had fallen on the field of
battle. Death came suddenly and un-
expectedly at the home of his sister,
Mrs. w. G.. jameson at Princes Gate.
Countess Haig was not with him as she
was visiting friends.
His youthful heir, 10 year old George
Alexander, is ill at the Haig home in
Bemersyde. This lad, who now as
sumes his fathers distinguished title,
was a child of the war, being born
early in 1913 during that heartbreaking
crisis to the British, when the British
armies, commanded by his father, were
retreating under the terrible German
onslaught which for time appeared
might spell the downfall of the allies
The kings regulations for military
burial require that pallbearers shall all
be of the same rank as the deceased
officer In Earl Haig's case, therefore,
the pallbearers must be chosen from
the following field marshals- The Duke
of Connaught, Lord Methuen, Lord
Plumer, Lord Allenby, Sir William
Robertson, Sir William Birdwood and
Sir Claud Jacobs.
The king sent a personal message Of
coincidence to Lady Haig, and in a
court circular issued from Sandring
ham tonight, the field marshal's death
is thus referred to-:
"The king knows that the sudden
and irreparable loss of this valuable
life will be deeply felt throughout the
whole empire by the army, and more
especially by Lord Haig's old COM
rades, to whose welfare he had de-
voted himself since the close of the
great war"
Besides son, the earl leaves three
daughters, the oldest 81 years and the
youngest nine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80 R)-Con-
dolences of the American government
on the death of Earl Haig were con-
veyed today by Secretary Kellogg to
Sir Austin Chamberlin, secretary of
state for foreign affairs at London.
"May express to you and through
you to the bereaved family and the
British people the deep sense of loss
experienced by the government and
pople of the United States in learning
of the death of Field Marshall Douglas
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