The Archive · 1920

Peking, Aug: 28

The Cabinet this morning approved the proposal that Mr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese Minister to Great Britain, and Mr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Minister at Washington, should exchange posts. A mandate, confirming this, will probably be issued shortly.

The Chinese press surmises that the idea is that Mr, Wellington Koo should present China's views on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to Great Britain, but the Cabinet's decision is more probably connected- with the League of Nations with which Mr. Koo is closely identified in Chinese minds—Reuter.

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