4 JULY 1914, Page 11

As we go to press we learn with deep regret

that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain died on Thursday night in London. We cannot attempt to write now of the fame and the significance of a career which for more than a generation luta been one of the most powerful directing forces in Imperial politics, home politics, and also in a very special sense in municipal affairs. We must leave our estimate of that career till next week, expressing now only our most sincere sympathy with Mr. Chamberlain's family.