The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-14
EDEN WILL PAY
RESPECT-T0 FIR
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hearing Churchill, speaking In .
voice scarcely audible in the gall
lleries, say il was mot fitting that
we should continue our work this
day. and then ask for an adjourn.
nent out of respect.
Speaking with emotion, he said:
The House will have learned
with deepest sorrow the grevious
news which has come to US from
across the Atlantic and which. con.
veys to US the loss Of famous
President of the United States.
whose friendship for the cause Of
freedom and for the causes Of the
weak and poor have won him i'm.
mortal reroWn.
TT is not fitting that we should
continue our work this day. I feel
that the House will wish to render
its token of respect to the memory
of this great departed statesman
and war leader by adjourning i'm.
mediately.
IT should propose that on Tues
day next tributes should be paid
when we are assembled here by
the leaders Of the various parties
in the House and that we should
afterward proceed with the bust.
ness already announced"
Slowly Parliament members filed
from the chamber, and the gall
leries enptied of hundreds Of
Am orleans, many OF them tn uni
form.
i Churchill had not retired when
the word OF the Presidents death
was given 10 him shortly after mid
night. He Immediately. dispatched
the following message to Mrs.
Roosevelt:
II send my most profound SYM
pathy in your srevious loss. 1t is
also the loss Of the British nation
and of The cause of freedom in
every land.
IT feel so deeply for you all. AS
for myself, I have lost a dear
friendship which was forged In the
fire of war. I trust you may find
consolation in the glory Of his name
and the magnitude of his work.
The British public got its first
news of the Presidents death in
midnight BIC broadcast. The first
reaction was one of stunned incred-
ulity, followed by a sober sense of
deep loss To many Britons the
d President was as great hero as
Churchill. The shocking news drove
4 the war. off the front pages OF the
late editions of morning newspa-
pers.
King George vi sent a message
to Mrs. Roosevelt expressing deep
grief and shock He ordered week
of court mourning and cancelled
plans to see an international foot
ball match at Glasgow tomorrow.
''The Queen and g, l are deeply
grieved and shocked by the news
: of President Roosevelts DEATH"
! he wrote. "In him humanity has
;. lost great figure and We have
, lost a true and honored friend. On
1 behalf of all my peoples I send CUR
!, most heartfelt sympathy to you
t and to the members Of your tam
) lily"
Virtually every ambassador to
the Court of St. James's called at
| the U. S. Embassy to express to
Ambassador Wlnant their deep
, feeling of loss.
The Dean of Westminster Abbey
|offered the British shrine to Amer
|ican forces for memorial serv-
ice, saying that Roosevelt's death
'1eaves behind the memory of a
life which in unselfish service to
humanity can have few equals in
our own or any time"
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt,
commander Of an Eighth Air Force
Reconnaissance wing, was visiting
!, friends in London when he heard
!. the news in the midnight BIC
Iboradcast. He left on a special ar.
my plane this morning for Wash
ington.
Accompanying Britain's deep
sorrow was widespread curiosity
over President Truman and what
his policies would mean to Britain
and to world affairs. London's eve-
ming papers reflected the specula-
ton by printing lengthy laudatory
accounts of Humans career and
personality, stressing the "1og CAP
lin to White House" theme.
i It was Felt that Truman was in
one of the toughest diplomatic
spots in history in his impending
dealings with two of the worlds
shrewdest statesmen, Churchill
and Stain. There was speculation
on how well Roosevelt had kept
his intimate advisors informed on
secret agreements whic hhe ac-
knowledged were made at Yalta.
For the first time in history the
death of the head of state who
was not related to the British Roy
al family was noted on tonight's
court circular. 1t said:
"The King has with profound re-
greet received news of the death Of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Presi-
dent of the United States. His Maj
esty mourns the loss of staunch
ally and a great personal friend"
The Evening Standard referred
to the dead President as the "grea
greatest American" and the Even
ing News said ''he was the friend
who put rifles in our hands, who
let the Royal Navy hoist the white
ensign of American destroyers."
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