The report of the death of Mr.
Barber, special war correspondent of the Chicago "Tri-dune" in Abyssinia will be read with a great deal of sympathy' by his colleagues the world over and' no little pride over the fortitude of the man. His insistence upon working though he was seriously sick may very well have contributed largely to the unfortunate end of his illness, but he was faced with a dificully which all journalists will appreciate, He was entrusted by his paper with the!
of obtaining news of the struggle Which he had been sent to "cover," fand it was imperative in his eyes that! hho should carry on, atleest until someone could be Uespatched to relieve him. That, situated Abyssinia 1s, would have taken con~ siderable time, perhaps even weeks, fand Mr, Barber, realizing that, his first duty to his' paper was to keep Job, allowed no personal con-rations to come between him and numerable Instances on record where in accidents in which they have been Injured, hav gent their story in to their newspaper, Sometimes even before receiving medical attention, The sincerest sympathy will be felt with Mr. Barber's widow in the tragic circumstances of her loss, but the (rue craftsman will also feel pride that the traditions of the profession hold fast even in such a situation.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.