Simplest Funeral Ever Accorded Statesman London, Feb.~20.
The remains of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith were interred today in the churchyard of Sutton Courtney in Berkshire with a core-many micro simple than has ever attended the funeral of a great statesman, Members of the family, personal friends and humble servants of the deceased were the mourners, and some of the congregation consisted people of the village in whose midst the Earl of Oxford had spent luis days of leisure for many years.
Personal friends included Sir James Barrie, Mr. Augustine Bir-tell, Lord Reading and Lord Buck-master. The many floral tributes which lay around the coffin, however, betokened a wide acknowledgement of the Earl of Oxford's public services. 'There were wreaths from the King of the Belgians, from the Dominions overseas, from Liberal) organizations and' from former: political adversaries including Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister, Lord Oxford was buried near a soldier whose grave was marked only by a wooden cross, The Bichop of Oxford conducted the service, and hymns were sung by the choir of New College, Oxford.
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