Office on the selection of Sir Alexander Cadogan to be Deputy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in succession to Sir Victor Wellesley will be tempered by regret at so soon losing a British Ambassador "whose Quick Grasp of affairs, dignity and human personality have been much appreciated here, At the same time it 4s gratifying to know that so high a post in Whitehall will be held by one who has a good practical kuowledge of Far Eastern problems and sympathetic outlook on China's perplexities. Sir Alexander arrived here just two years ago. He was promoted Ambassador last year. He is about to go on leave in the ordinary course of events, so the appointment implies that that departure will now terminate his China career. Sir Victor Wellesley whom he succeeds has been Deputy at the Foreign OMmice since 1025 and during the tenure of that post, has "been directly concerned With the course of events in this part of the world. Sir Victor has been known to regret that he could bring to the take no personal sequaintance with China, Sir Alexander will not bbe under that handiesp. Tt may be assumed that Sir Victor, who will be sixty on March 1, will retire from the service and devote himself to painting of "which art, as a frequent exhibitor In the Royal Academy and as dweller in Chelsea, he is an enthusiastic exponent. It is not clear whether Sir Hughe © Knatchbull-Hugessen who is appointed to China will be able to leave Teheran in time to take over direct from Sir Alexander in Nanking. The probability Is that Mr. R. G. Howe will act as Charge d'AMfaires as originally arranged until the new Ambassador arrives. Sir Hughe Knatchbull~ Hugessen, who was at Eton with Sir Alexander Cadogan, is a kinsman fof Lord. Brabourne, the present Governor of Bombay, and has had brilliant career at the Foreign Omee. "He did specially well during the Peace Congress at Paris in 1919 and was promoted to be First Secretary in the same year with transfer "me Hague. Later he served in Paris and Brussels and in 1990 he was made Minister at Riga where he again distinguished himself in representing the British Government in the Baltic States. He was made British Minister at Teheran in 1994 and received the K.CM.G. in this New Year's Honours. He is. marled to the daughter of Sir Robert Gordon-Gilmour who served in the Grenadier Guards and took the 98th Infantry Brigade to France in 1914.
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