Detroit evening times., 1945-08-07

among so many men with titles helplessly
Inherited, or won sometimes for very
minor merits.
WINSTON CHURCHILL was a soldier
w from the first. After schooling at
Harrow, he entered what is the English
West Point, the royal military college at
Sandhurst.
He entered the army when he was only 21
and fought in India against such enemies and
in such battles as Kipng made so vivid for
us. He fought in the Sudan and took part
in the great battle of Khartoum.
Always the writer, Churchill got two
glowing books out of those adventures To
the South African war, he went as cor
respondent for London paper and was so
venturesome that he got himself captured
But he escaped. Then he joined the troops
and fought in many battles.
Then he went to parliament as conser-
vative and won IMMEDIATE FAME AS AN
ORATOR. And, in our time, there has been
no orator who could rival him. He has had
few rivals in all time.
To his other fames Churchill added fame
as distinguished biographer with life of
his own father, followed by a six-volume
biography of his ancestor, the mighty Duke
of Marlborough.
EAVING the Conservative party, Church
IL ill won new fame as Liberal. He ad-
vocated self-government for the conquered
South Africans He entered the cabinet as
head of the board of trade.
And it should not be forgotten, especially
now in the hour of his defeat by Labor
party, that Churchill in 1908 was WORKING
FOR MINIMUM WAGE IN SWEATED
INDUSTRIES, AND FOR THE REMOVAL
OF SOME OF THE DARKEST BLEMISHES
IN THE ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM.
He advocated, too, the old age pensions
act.
He fought to weaken the grip of the House
OF Lords and to give Ireland home rule.
DEFORE the First World War began to
- loom, he was one of the first to prophecy
1t. He had much to do with getting the Brit
ish navy ready for it. He instituted many
reforms both in administration and in increas-
ing heavy armament
He disagreed with Lloyd George, who did
not believe the war was coming. When it
came and Lloyd George took the helm,
Churchill was still at odds with him in many
things.
His terrific election defeat is no new thing.
In World War l he was responsible for the
Antwerp expedition and the Dardanelles in
vasion, which suffered such CRUSHING
| DISASTER AT GALLIPOLI.
TNHAT was one of the proofs of what
Il gamble war is. After the war was over
it was learned that the Turks, who fought so
bravely at Gallipoli, had accepted defeat and
were about to retreat. IF THE BRITISH
COMMANDER HAD HELD ON AN HOUR
OR so LONGER, A GLORIOUS VICTORY
WOULD HAVE GIVEN CHURCHILL
CLEANING FAME AS A GREAT STRAIT
EGIST.
But the British withdrew suffered hor-
riby in the withdrawal; and Churchill was
denounced as fool and monumental
blunderer He lost his post in the admiralty
and in the cabinet He was finished wreck
in 1915.
UHEN Churchill was thrown out Of the
w cabinet in World War I, he entered the
army and fought in France as commander
of the Sixth Royal Scots Fusiliers. He always
got back into the fighting, whenever he could.
From this service, Lloyd George called him
again to the cabinet as minister of munitions
and air minister. When the Bolsheviki re-
voted and took Russia out of the war at