Washington, Feb. 8.
pointment of Mtr. Clarence Gauss as The reaction to the apy Ambassador to China-is that China Fels one of the ablest career diplomats in the American foreign service, The "Washington Post" discussing all the new appointments, says} "China and Australia swap to give Nelson Johnson a respite from the rigorous ife at Chungking. Simultaneously we shall not be represented in China by what on the China coast they call_a griffin or inexperienced envoy, for Clarence Gauss has served. most of his consular life in Cathay."
Mr, Johnson, it is widely recognized here, has Jong been In. the "fung line" and deserves a rest from the hardships of China's_much-bombed wartime capital.
Mr. Gauss"Is held in high esteem for his years of excellent service in various paris of China, especially the! period when he was Consul-General in Shanghai immediately before his appointment to Australia, 'To. few' members of the Ualted Staies Foreign Service is it granted to rise from ConsulGeneral to Ambassador within 12 months, but all his friends are confident that Mr. Gauss will give an excellent account of himself.
Mr. Gauss is said to have had the honour of being personally and particularly commended by the White! House for his services in China. Tt recalled that he was eulogized in the magazine "Life" when he was appointed to Australia as the man "who had the genius for being right* and who "feared neither man, (od nor the devil"-Reuter
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