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Died. Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law, 65, former Premier of the British Empire, in London, of cancer of the throat. (See page...
...Premier Andrew Bonar Law, who resigned the Premiership last June, was reported to be confined to his bed with serious throat trouble. A bulletin, signed by Sir Thomas Horder, famed cancer specialist, and Dr. Gould May said " the patient was suffering from an exacerbation of his recent feverish chill, necessitating continued confinement...
...country will not forget that he sacrificed his life in her service." By this significant tribute Premier Baldwin has at once honored the name of Bonar Law and indicted the organization of modern government. That a nation will cherish in special reverence the public servant who has given "the last full measure of devotion" can hardly be held a justification of the over-strain and overwork to which he has been subjected. Even those who were most hitter against the theories of President Wilson condemned a system which produced the tragic figure of an executive broken by the terrific strain...
...time Stanley Baldwin became First Minister in succession to Andrew Bonar Law, who retired on account of ill health, it was announced that Mr. McKenna would take over the portfolio as soon as his health permitted (TIME, June...
...fall out with Mr. Poincaré," said Mr. Lloyd George, " but it was very difficult. Bonar Law found it quite impossible to work with him. But at any rate the two countries were able to work together, and I regret that there should be at this moment any break. It is a misfortune that speeches should be delivered which have the effect of widening the breach instead of bringing us together...