Regret at the severance of his direct relations with China, after a distin guished career of much public service, Will temper the congratulations offered to Sir John Brenan on his promotion to an important appointment at the Foreign Ofice, Sir John will not be leaving until March so this Is not the occasion for review of his twenty-one years' sojourn in China or for full appreciation of his labours here. Sir John originally was appointed lo Siam after passing Into the service In 1903 and he was transferred fo Chin in October 1905. Peking, 'Tienisin, Foochow, (Nanking, Shanghat and' Canton, with a break of a year for active service in France, Provided the milestones for his career until he came here as Consul-General nearly seven years ago. He came. from Canton with a reputation which has been enhanced in the Important post of His Majesty's repreentative in the leading port in China. 'Shanghai will be partieulatly gratified bythe announcement that he wil, in due course, take up at the Foreign OMice the' appointment which Sir John Pratt is about to vacate oh retirement, "With Sir Alexander Cadogan as Depely Secretary of State and Sir John Brenan in the post for which he has been selected, a really, Up-to-date "frstshand knowledge conditions in China will be available fat Whitehall and British policy in China should benefit richly thereby. Looking at the matter entirely from the point of Shanghai, it will be rec~ agnized that Sir John Brenan has a host intimate acquaintance with the problems lately developing here and [twill be comforting to know that that experience can be placed at th disposal of the Secretary of State, the eventualities of the fulure. The stecessor to Sir John in Shanghai will be the senior Consul-General on the active list, Mr, Herbert Phillips who is no stranger for he was Consul There from 1913 to 1919 and Registrar of the Supreme Court in 1905, Sine" 3990, Mr. Phillips has been Consul General at Canton where he has distinguished himself by his sympathetic handling of Sino-Dritish relationships in that dificult charge. He has an extensive knowledge of China and it will be recalled that he was the frst and only incumbent of that short uvea appointment of Inspector-'General of Consular Establishments in
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