The Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Mes. Arthur Henderson today gave a farewell luncheon the, German Ambassador and Madame Sthamer, who are leaving. London this week. The Pi Minister and other members of the Cabinet and their wives were present, The cther guests included Lord und Lady d'Abernon, Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain, and Horace and Lady Rumiold, Mr, Henderson, in a speech ding farewell to the Ambassador, recalled the difficult circumstances in which Dr. Sthamer had first assumed his duties, and said he and Madame Sthamer carried with them in their retirement the zoo wishes of all those who had come in cot tact with them during their offic mission in London.
Dr. Sthamer, replying, said whilst he regretted that the pleasant personal and official relations estublished in London were coming to an end, he was fully conscious of the fact that his mission to London had attained the object for which it was undertaken. His Government, he Acelared, had entrusted to him' the work of trying to tide over the atmosphere the War had created, and he was very glad to say to-day that his efforts in this respect had not been unsuccessful. A friendly atmosphere had been created, and he was looking hopefully into the future. To his mind, the test way and the most effective means for securing lasting peace was the of patience a tion which would for ever be connected with the name of Dr. Stresemat the policy which had led to The Hague Conference and to the first step in the pacification of the world by freeing Germany from foreign occupation or control.—Wireless through Reuter.
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