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...Paris, January, 1923: Bonar Law's scheme rejected by Poincaré. France occupied the Ruhr...
Despatches from London stated that Bonar Law, ex-Premier, is seriously ill. He may have to undergo an operation on his throat. Up to now Mr. Law has supported his valetudinarian existence with calm resignation. He saw only his closest friends, followed the daily political moves, played many rubbers of bridge. Cancer of the throat is his trouble...
...Right Hon. Andrew Bonar is in his 65th year and is a native of New Brunswick, Newfoundland. His political career started in 1900 when he was elected a member of Parliament for the Blackfriars Division of Glasgow. In business he was connected with the firms of William Kidston & Sons and William Jacks & Co., both iron merchants of Glasgow. He was also Chairman of the Glasgow Iron Trade Association...
...ambition to further this recovery by solving the reparations problem. He has not chosen an easy task; despite a score of meetings and conferences intended to solve the same problem. Mr. Lloyd-George succeeded only in solving the question of when he would retire from the premiership, while Mr. Bonar Law's "business proposals" at Paris received but three day's consideration...
...degree of political prominence. In this year he was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury, retaining that position until 1921, when he became Secretary of the Board of Trade. His fine business brain and the manner in which he had discharged his duties under the Coalition Government induced Bonar Law to appoint him as Chancellor of the Exchequer last Fall. This office he also filled with excellent busi- ness efficiency. His experience has not been great as politicians go, and he is confronted with enormous difficulties. It is safe to say that his policy will be chiefly di-rected...