Mr. J.
McMurray Appointed Washington, Apr. 3
President Coolidge has appointed Mr. J. V. MeMarray, Assistant, Secretary of State, successor to Dr.
G. Schurman king.—Reuter's Am s*°Mr, J. W. MeMurray who ix well Stted for the Peking post, hax already spent four years in Peking jas Charge d'Affaires, which post he relinquished in 1917, He has spent [several months on special duty" in. both Peking and Tokyo since that date. American authorities consider that Mr. McMurray, in view of this and further Far Enste while in Bangkok, is probably the most fitting man' available in the service for this poss.
Returning to Washington in 1918 after his successes in China and Japan, Mr. MeMurray assumed the position of Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, retaining th Post until the Washington Confer-fence in 1921. Again in June, 1924, hho resumed his work ax head of the Eastern Bureau, which he re~ tained until November' 18,1023, ae which time President Coolidge Jappointed him Assistant Secretary lof State, subordinate to Mr. Charles Evan Hughes.
Mr. MeMurray, a of 'Schenectady, New' York, is still a young man—44 years old—one of the youngest to hold the post of Amrican Minist China. Ax a 1902 and revived his A. in 1907. Hie wus admitted to the New York State Bar in 1906 upon leluding his legal tra at Columbia in the sume year.
In addition to the posts which Mr. MeMurriy has filled in diplomatic circles in the Orient, he hax been in the Legations of Greece and Montenegro and at the U.S, Embassy in Petrograd and acted as JOhief of the Near Eastern Bureau for two years Shanghai Amgrieans feel very confident that Mr. MeMurray will be lof great service in hix new office, not only to America, but to the Diplomatic Corps in' Peking.
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