London, Sept. 29.
Lord Birkenhead has died—Reuter, (Br Owe Wuo Seaveo Unoge His)
As a chief Lord Birkenhead combined the exacting firmness of his own untiring energy with a sense of humour and a note of the human touch which won loyalty and compelled devotion. So rapid a worker as he required far less time than the ordinary man in having a case explained to him. He was indeed often exceedingly difficult to pin down to the routine of office life, Traps had to be set to enable his subordinates to know when he was disposed to leave so that the signature of essential documents could be secured. His tall, elegantly dressed
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