Mr. Edward Scott's Death The tragic death of Mr. E.
T. Scott, the editor of the Mancheiter Guardian, less than four months after that of his distinguished father is a grievous blow to a paper that in the hands of the Scott family has consistently main- tained the highest traditions of English journalism at their highest level. No more than 48 when a sudden-squall on Lake Windermere last Friday capsized the boat in which he was sailing with his son, Mr. Edward Scott had the expectation of decades of service before him, and his brief editorship had already given the assurance that the Manchester Guardian under E; T. would be the Manchester Guardian the world had learned to trust and admire under C. P. That assurance fortunately remains, for whether a 'Soda immediately succeeds a Scott or not,• the last two members of the family to fill.the. chair
have so ' deeply imprinted their personalities on the paper that it will mould any new director of its destinies inevitably to the traditions they laid down. They could have rendered the journal they lived for no higher service than that.
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