With the deepest regret we record the death of Lord
Kitchener, who together with his Staff was lost in the Hampshire 'off the Orkneys on Monday evening. Lord Kitchener was on his way to Russia, and it is supposed that the ' Hampshire ' was sunk either by a torpedo or a mine. Four boats were seen to leave the ship, but a heavy sea was running, and no trace of them could be found afterwards. Lord Kitchener was accompanied by Mr. O'Beirne, of the Foreign Office, Sir Frederick Donaldson, and Brigadier-General Ellershaw. Although the death of Lord Kitchener in this tragic and unexpected manner has produced a profound emotion throughout the nation tl_at transcends all other thoughts, it is not forgotten that in the 'Hampshire' we have lost not merely a useful ship of the County class, but what was much more precious —some seven hundred brave and skilful sailors." We have paid elsewhere our tribute to the great personality of Lord Kitchener. He was a man who stood alone and thought alone. Although other men might have done some things better, none could have invented the New Armies as he did, and created them with so little friction. It was an amazing feat, for which his name will be eternally remembered.
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