Show BONAR LAW NOTED WORLD FIGURE DEAD Throat Malady of Long LongStanding LongStanding LongStanding Standing Proves Fatal CAREER OF HONOR Loss of His Two Sons in War BloW LONDON Oct Andrew 30 30 Wl Donar Bonar La Law for seven soven months prime minister of Great Britain died In his bis modest London homo home at 3 o'clock this morning Phe Fhe months ago on ago on May 20 20 So Ito resigned the premiership be- be because because be because malady cause of ot a throat malady which for a long time had troubled him Ivon then he was waa reluctant to ad- ad admit admit mit that his career was finished and retained his seat fiet in the Ule house ot of commons where ho since had made two or III three appearances DD DIJ Dm SOON COMES Ten da s ago Mr Bonar Lawi Law Lawt i t Brighton returned to London from ton alter after a sojourn ot of several weeks His IIa physicians Issued a to the effect that he be had contract contracted d a se severe ere chill chili but the pUblic did not suspect that the end was so near until they read ad In this mornings morning's newspapers that he ho had dc eloped septic pneumonia and a condition that gave gIl rise risi to consid consid- considerable considerable erable anxiety but soon Boon after e Ca- et CaIra s cx t Ira r appeared giving the news othis ot of othis his death The Tho premiers premier's daughter his only near neaT relative lett left Jn was wIth him during the last of his Illness His two sons were killed In the World war wor a sorrow from which Mr Bonar Law nev nevo t I eco ecot ered US o TO Ic When the Canadian Scotsman Scotsman- f Mr Bonar Law was wras born in New runswick Newy-runswick Canada Canada on September 16 accepted 1838 accepted 8 accepted his high office IL II year ago his J-Ils friends well knew that his health was as precarious side jt that close circle It was wa wa known moWn only that he had contracted a throat complaint which prevent present prevented pre ed d him from speaking Mr III Bonar Donar Law was waa aware of bin 1111 own condition and promised d the tho Unionist party when he ac- ac Its mandate that he would 4 S resign If It and when ahen he ho found his hia strength unequal to his work lIe He gave place to Stanley Baldwin his of o the exchequer almost his new government was Irly organized retiring to the tho countrY country- to safeguard his failing fallings t SPECIALIST ON CA ER No 1 official statement as to tIme the ture of Mr Bonar Laws Law's illness ms ns ever made but the public drew drewan on an Inference from the fact hat Dr Thomas Horder Hord r who wasi was attend attend attending lag ing him when he resigned and v who ho has since been his physician Is one of the the foremost cancer specialists During the Interval Inter spent in the tho country since iii his retirement front from the tho prime primo Mr Do- Do Doliar Bo liar Law had b been n able to take out out- outdoor out outdoor door walks and also motored con con- coni con 1 i The reports of ot th these se sen n activities which seemed to Indicate th t heas he was wag holding his own h d lot prepared the public for tor the then then n ws of ot his comparatively rapId There has hM rot tot yet been time for f arrangements but there thero Is la ismery lavery very mery cry reason to believe It was MA fA Laws Law's wish to be bo burled buried aa js imply as he ho lived lied STORY OF OP CAREER CARDER Law of the w Andrew Bonar ar one most powerful figures In political preceding during and Ira Ira- Im Immediately mediately following the world war ar became prime minister ot of England October 23 22 1921 upon the rc resignation resignation tion of lit Divid Lloyd George last George last ot of olibe the famous war premiers rs and ot of the Big at Ver Versailles to step Ie down from office Bonar onar Law had distinguished I five years before fore as the moan man who refused n ml a kings king's offer to tomake tomake make him prim primo t minister As of ot the Conservatives the largest single party in the house hous of ot commons he be waB by biKing lung King George Georga to form a cabinet late lat latIn In 1916 1016 titter after Lloyd George then minister of munitions had forced an issue with Premier Asquith and about the latter's lion Hon The political colleagues ot of Asquith however declined to promIse adhesion and believing that a 5 coalition government was t for tor the successful prose prose- prose tullon of the war Bonar Boner Law Low i-c- i re refused fused the honor Lloyd George and his famous war cabinet was the re- re result re result sult suit LIKE URD 1 Often called the Roosevelt of because e of his tromen- tromen Continued oa Q Page Pace iwo 4 BONAR LAW SUCCUMBS Continued d front from Page One dous dons following ti ft t om all parties artles an and andall Law became be- be became be became alt all Malks of life Bonar came chancellor of th the thu e fought londer the now new premier and ond side BIle by side Bide with the Little Welsh Giant until the spring of ot 1921 1821 H retire be- be because because be because when he be was nits forced to cause o ill III health Although always a no champion champlon ot of the tho man ho he had virtually made m Donar Bonar Law remained v n ith premier his party porty when tho the In 1922 met and decided to with with- withhold withhold with withhold hold support from the tho coalition government which It vaa nos felt had outlived the emergency for tor It ft was WIS created Despite his hl failing health he was considered the tho loS log logical log logical ical successor to Lloyd George and hen nhen the King again invited him to form a ministry ho to found no words behind 1 which to couch a 11 to- to refusal re refusal He lIe managed to conduct the at- at af affairs fairs of ot his strenuous office for tor seven months before It b camo s pub pub-Icly kno known knon n that his hia health again had broken down Late In May olay 1923 It Has aas as announced that the Premier was suffering from n a son seri serious seri serious ous throat thront affection and that his retirement nas as Imminent A few tew dl days s later his bis formal resignation as aas tiled with tho the king and Stanley Baldwin chancellor of the et- et ex exchequer chequer nas as named to succeed him hims s SEVERAL PROBLEMS In contrast to the epoch l period during the tho ear var the tho Armistice and the era of ot reconstruction subsequent subsequent quent to the ending of ot the government of Bonar Law Lawa a nas as eclipsed In Importance although it dealt with several problems of great domestic and International magnitude Among those th was w a the tho Irish question the French l laslo thoI I of ot tho the Ruhr valley which placed England In an extremely delicate position the funding of the Amer- Amer AmerIcan American Ican debt and the difficulties with So Sov let Russia Ru sla os 0 o er er the treatment ot of British subjects In the tho Near East Cast KEEK C SINGULAR A statesman with few enemies the career ot of Bonar Law Iwas was singular He was 42 Sears eara ot of ago age before he entered politics A I successful Glasgow IrOl Iron merchant nho ho had been born and educated to In Canada his rise to eminence in m tile the British parliament begin began with hl election in 1900 as a 0 Unionist from the division ot of Glas Glas- Glasgow Glas- Glas Glasgow Glasgow gow Strong for tariff reform ho he soon became noted for tor his hie clear reasoning on that subject and as asa asa asa a result was all made parliamentary secretary ot of the boa d of oC trade later he successively ely became leader of the Unionist or Opposition party In the house bones of ot commons secretary lot of state for tor the colonies chancellor ot of the exchequer lord ot of the privy sea seal and finally premier Primarily a 0 business man he em- em em the tho tactics of ot business rather than the strategy of politics In dealing with national problems With the advent ot of o Lloyd Georgeas George Gcorge as premier he ha became the tho Welsh Welshman's mans man's Jonathan and was as referred to as his Man otan Frida 10 As a mem mem- member member member ber of ot the war cabinet as 88 chan chan- chancellor Chancellor chancellor and as the coalition gove govern govern- govern n- n I ments ment's leader In the house of com corn commons commons mons moos he enjoyed the fullest con con- confidence con confidence of his famous chief W L LW TYPICAL SCOT Ho Interpreted administration measures parried thrusts thrust the tho government and answered In- In In from the floor A Alithe Alithe Alithe lithe slim figure of a man scarce scarce- scarcely scarce scarcely ly Iy five feet teet In height with II a bristling mustache bright ht active e eyes cs es and a determined set to hIs mouth and chin ho wa wai a t headed headed hard Scotch man manIn manIn In addition ho he was nas ot of otan an orator quick of thought and speech using short sharp sentences sen- sen sentences sen sentences that often smacked ed of that bitter cutting for tor which ho was famous It was nae his persistency that l brought about the evacuation e ot of Gallipoli of ot starred ill-starred Dardanelles campaign fame tame and the remo removal al of more than thin surviving British soldiers from an ah untenable position position position tion His services as M government lead lead- leader leader leader er In the house of commons It a amore amore more difficult and thankless tha position position tion Lion than that of o the Iho leader ot of the tho opposition placed Bonar Donar Law high among his Illustrious predecessors ors Disraeli Gladstone Campbell Campbell- Bannerman and A J li JJ III I MANY nUL n iS New r News of his hia retirement due duo to Ill health In the tha spring s of ot 1921 came as a shock to his Ills colleagues and anol tributes to hI his big work were paid even lO by former bitter opponents For Inel premier Asquith said salol I I hale e for many soars ears been engaged In rivIng and taking blows blots from front Mr Ir Bonar Law but they never nover left any rancor behind them Lloyd rloyd George In reading the re chancellors chancellor s letter of ot resignation repeatedly choked back sobs and expressed ed the tho hope that his friend might l turn to his duties after a 0 prolonged rc rest t Finally the tho pr pre premier Inter mier who had hall been so courageous and powerful In the tho conduct of the war aI sank back Into his hia seat scat with witha Hh a Indicating his inability to continue Bonar Boner Laws Law's s 's breakdown n dated rota shortly before the Paris peace conference of ot 1919 which bleb he ho at- at attended tend d tended as one of ot the the British dele lele- delegates delegates gates The disposition of ot Bonar 14 Law w to take talo the tho most moet positive e stand on gr grate 0 public questions caused him some embarrassment before his first retirement Ho Ito was an all uncompromising uncompromising uncompromising promising toe foe to the Irish republican republican republican can movement and when Lold Loid Mayor in MacSwIney y of ot C Cork rk laY dying II a hunger striker In Brixton ton prison James Jamos Henry Thomas pres pres- presIdent pres- pres president president ident of ot the Trades Union congress representing British blamed Bonar Boner Law as the tho one man more than any other nho ho has justified In er and In parliament the tha sprit spirit ot of rebellion In In a speech In Edinburgh the chan chan- chancellor chancellor chancellor prophesied that the govern govern- government government government ment would fall fail unless It was firm In dealing with Sinn Fein BORN IV IN CANAD t The lire desire of Lloyd George and Bonar Law to resume trade rela rota- relations rotations relations with Russia Rus la through the tho let o government also met net wIth determined resistance from Earl Curzon the foreign secretary Win Win- Winston Win Win-ston ston Churchill then secretary for tor ear ar and Austin Chamberlain chancellor of ot the thc The difficulty of tho the situation was m made de greater by the attitude of ot trance and America where w ero there was much opposition to ro 0 the British plan Bonar Law was born In New Canada September 16 1888 1868 the son oC o tho the Rov Hev James Law Lw M A of New Brunswick In early youth he her was taken to Glas Olas Glasgow gow where ho he attended high school and finally became bookkeeper for foran foran toran an Iron firm Later he was made madea a 1 member of ot the and ond when he retired from business to enter politics was stag as one of ot the biggest Iron merchants of S Scotland Golf GOlt and chess were his life fn favorite orHo recreations Nine NIno years year before his election to parliament he ho married Miss Annie I Pitcairn Robley Robey of ot Glasgow who died In 1909 tour Four children nere ero I born to them two songs and too to daughters One daughter Isabelle Isabello became the brido bride of ot Sir General Frederick Sykes in London In 1920 1 10 0 sons Anthony and Lieutenant C T Bonar Law 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