London, Dec. 21 Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark. Kerr, British Ambassador in Baghdad, has "teen appointed Ambassador 10 China in succession to Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, according to fan announcement. io-day by" the Foreign Office.
The new appointment followed a decision that Sir Hughe Knatchbutl-Hugesven should not return to China but should be recommended for appointment to another post in due course, When Sir Hughe Knatchbull-'Hugessen was authorized a few weeks ago to return to England to complete his convalescence. the Foreign Office statement declares, it had been hoped that it would be possible to leave the Embassy in China in charge of the Counsellor of the Emassy until the Ambassador was able to return to China in the spring.
Recent events in the Far coupled with the uncertainly as 19 the actual date by which Sir Hughe Knatehbull-Hugessen will in fact be fit to return to duty, has, however, made it necessary for the matter 10 be re-examined,
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