Officially Announced by Nanking with Warm Message Nanking, Mar. 5.
The appointment of Sir Frederick Whyte as Advisor to the National Government was officially confirmed to-day, The Kuo Min correspondent learns that an official dispatch was issued yesterday to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by order of President Chiang Kai-alick, formally announcing the appointment.
Progressive circles do not disguise their satisfaction at the apointment of the British advisor, and express the hope that "Sir Frederick Whyte's political experience at Westminister and in India will be utilized to the full in working out the many important constitutional and administrative problems which the National Government are faced with—Kuo Min, or [Chinese Press Report of a French Appointment The Chinese papers report that A settlement of the impasse brought about as a result of the appointment of Mr. E, Tollefsen, a Norwegian, to the post of Ca-Director-eneral of Posts, has been arrived at, the claims of the French authorities being satisfied through the appoint ment by the Ministry of Com. munications of Mr. H. V. Poullain, 8 French citizen, isnot stated whether this appointment will supplant. the appointment of Mr, Tollefsen oF whether there are to be two, oF; even three, Ca-Directors-General, but it will "be remembered—that, when Mr. H. Picard-Destelan, the former Ca-Director-General, retired, Mr. C, H. Shields, a British subject, made Officiating Ca-Director.
jon eral, so it will be interesting to note what the intentions of the Chinese Government are.
Mr. Shields, by the way, is sharily' to leave for London with Mr. Lit the Director-General, who has been' made China's del the International Postal Conference, a8 technical expert.
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