The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12
British Minister HI
 But Very Short Time
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silk hat, he was not high hat, ana became at once one of the most pop ular persons in the diplomatic sec tion at Washington.
 Lord Lothian learned about war al the knee of Lloyd George, Britaint World war prime minister, whos' secretary and right-hand man ht was from 1916 to 1921.
 In recent months his major taSl had been to convince Americans ot the necessity of sending material aiC to Britain as soon and in as great quantity as possible.
 Only son of the late Mai. Gen Lord Ralph Kerr, he spent his forma- tive years in South Africa after being educated at the Oratory school, Birmingham, and New col lege, Oxford.
 Held Various Posts
 He held various public posts anc finally, in 1908, he become editor oi The State, South African publica- ton. He returned to London to edit the Round Table from 1910 until he became Lloyd Georges secretary
 He served as director of United Newspapers, Ltd, after leaving Lloyd George, held various public positions and served as parliamentary under secretary in the India office from 1881 to 1892.
 A man of wealth, his land holdings totaling 28,000 acres, Lord Lothian developed marked democratic inter- ests. He claimed Abraham Lincoln as his political saint and showed fondness for many things American notably baseball.
 As secretary of the Cecil Rhodes fund from 1925 to 1889 he visited the United States frequently and studied it first hand as well as from books.
 He won American good will with speeches giving this country great credit for the Allied victory in the World war and limiting that Britain ought to repay, in some measure, the money borrowed from the United States during that war.
 Contrast with Predecessor
 Lord Lothian. pir1k-cheeked and thickly built, contrasted sharply with his predecessor in Washington, tall shy, aloof Sir Ronald Lindsay. Lind- say had held only one press confer ence from 1880 to the time of the visit here of King George and Queen Elizabeth. His successor held one the second day after his arrival, answer ing reporters questions directly.
 Once Believed in Hitler
 Lord Lothian once believed in Adolf Hitler and once opposed An thony Eden for seeking to block the German chancellor's moves. But after the dismenlberment of Czecho- slovakia he abandoned appeasement
 If that sort of thing goes on the whole world will become a jungle, he said.
 Lord Lothian was considered an expert in foreign affairs during and after the World War. AS Lloyd Georges aide he helped to write sections of the Versailles treaty.
 He came to believe, however, that Germany was unjustly saddled with full blame for the World War and that the league of nations was passe. His sympathy for Germany was finally and completely shattered when he read Hitler's Mein Kampi in 1889, however, and he at once proposed military conScription fol Britain. <:
 He gloated later when the Roya. Air Force began to pay Germany back in kind. After reading re- ports of one raid in Germany he said: .
 We're seeking them on the nose. '
 Close Cooperation
 One of Lothian's enthusiasnlS was closer cooperation between the west ern democracieS, and he became an advocate to union now," the scheme of union proposed by Clar- ence K Streit.
 A bachelor, one of the most eligi- ble in the British empire, he be- came 11th Marquess of Lothian when his cousin, the 10th marquess, died in 1880.
 He was born a Roman Catholic but became a Christian Scientist. He was a newspaper man but disliked personal publicity. Landless until middle age, he inherited four cas- ties, vast estates, a marquisate, a viscountsy, two earldoms and four baronies.
 Lothian had many friends, among them India'S Mohandas K. Gandhi. He also, at one time, was called the master" of Lady AStor'S "Cllveden set"
 He repudiated the appelatfon, however, and went on to throw of appessement and become one of Britain's most ardent supporters of war to the end.
 For decades preacher of eco- homie and political cooperation be- tween Britain and America, Lothian hoped before the war that such CO., operation mlgnC become world WlQe.
 Must Play Our Hand
 After war broke out, however, he said:
 We have to play out our hand without waiting for the nited States. The more independent and vigorous and powerful we are in resisting blackmail or squeeze or threats, the more likely is the United States to rally support
 In the speech read for him at Baltimore last night he indicated the time for the United States to rally in support" had come.
 But to the last Lord Lothian had sought to keep the passions of war from destroying his intellectual bal- ance. He had an idea for alleviat- ing the world grievances after the war. It was an idea for collective action to reduce tariff barriers, re- wise World War mandates and open colonies to all.
 All nations, according to Lothians dream, would cease armaments competition and work together to outlaw war in the future.
 "One necessary preliminary" he said, ''iS the defeat of totalitarian