The lamps are going out
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"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time", British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the United Kingdom's entry int
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933)
J. A. Spender
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John Alfred Spender CH DL JP was a British journalist and author. He also edited the London newspaper The Westminster Gazette from 1896 to 1922.
The lamps are going out
…recalls that I remarked on this with the words: "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time." In 1927, John Alfred Spender, editor of the Westminster Gazette until 1922, identified himself as the friend to whom Grey had spoken: I had two short talks with Grey during the…
John Alfred Spender in 1919