Moscow, July 21.
M. Chicherin has resigned his post as Foreign Commissar.
M, Litvinof will replace im—Reuti Moscow, July 22
The press features Comrade Lityinof's appointment as People's Commissary for Foreign Aftai succeeding Comrade Chicherin who ay the last of the old guards definitely disappears from the Bos-cow stage where he held a central position ever since the war unt two yours ago, when the progress the diabetes fom which hes sui fering, combined with—disagree ments' which he had with Stalin of foreign policy, ex to retire to a nursing home in Germany, retaining during the two ears, however, the title of Foreign Commissary.
His final retirement was anti ated when recently the sixteen' congress of the Russian Communist Party failed to re-elect him to the Gontral Executive Committee. Conirade Litvinott's appointment. whic! merely recognizes the status quo did not come as a surprise though it Is construed as showing Stalin's approval of Litvinoft's policy and especially of his endeavours. to re-establish friendly relations with Great Britain to which Chicherin was opposed.
'A number of other changes in the'
Soviet diplomatic service is also expected, The Ambassador at Be Comrade Krestinski, who has heid his: present post since July, 1922, is to be appointed head of the Forel Commissariet's Western depart ment and next in command in, position hitherto held by Karakhan who will take the third the same he had nominally held until now, chief of the Comrade Krestinski will, it is Believed be succeeded in Berlin by' the present head of the People's Commissaries, Comrade Rykov who, although he recanted, is still being Jooked upon with disfavour by the Stalin group and whose appoint ment to a post abroad would add to the discomfiture of the opposition. Another candidate mentioned for the Berlin post is the present Soviet Ambassador at Angora, Comrade Suritz who has represented the Soviet Union in Turkey sluice February, 1924, and who, on -aceount of his suecets in creating and main. taining close relations between the two countries, is regarded here as one of the best men in tae Soviet's diplomatic service—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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