BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PARIS

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 9

BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO PARIS

LORD CREWE’S SUCCESSOR SIR WILLIAM TYRRELL APPOINTED “A DELICATE COMPLIMENT TO FRANCE” The appointment of Sir WiL ' liam Tyrrell as British Ambassador to France, in the place of Lord Crewe, who is resigning, is announced. The appointment, which is described as a most flattering one to France, has met with cordial approval on both sides of the Channel. Rugby, February 18. “The Times” expresses satisfaction at the news published this morning that Lord Crewe has notified the French Government of the intention of the British Government to appoint Sir William Tyrrell as his successor as British Ambassador at Paris. It is expected an official announcement will be made as soon as the French Government have formally accepted the appointment. The transference of Sir William Tyrrell to the Paris Embassy is likely to take place during the summer. It is understood Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador at Berlin, will succeed Sir William Tyrrell at the Foreign Office. Lord Crewe’s Ambassadorship has lasted five eventful years, during which he has played a part in-many important and intricate post-war problems. The period includes the later stages of the reparation controversy and the Ruhr occupation question, the establishment of the Dawes Plan, and the preparations for the Locarno Treaties in the inter-Allied debt settlement negotiations. The Paris Embassy has naturally been one of the chief links between the British and French Governments on these issues. Sir William Tyrrell has been for nearly three years Permanent Under-Secre-tary, having succeeded to that influential post on the death of Sir Eyre Crewe. “The Times” savs: “As chief assistant of the Foreign Secretary, he has played a very active part in recent international developments, and his breadth of view and soundness of his judgment on a rapid succession of intricate questions have been widely recognised.” Sir Ronald Lindsav who is a son of the sixth Earl of Crawford, has held a number of diplomatic appointments at foreign capitals, including St. Petersburg, Teheran, The Hague, Cairo, Washington, and Paris. He was additional Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1921 to 1924, after which he was British representative in Constantinople before his appointment in 1925 as British Ambassador to Berlin. Commenting on Sir William Tyrrell’s appointment, the Paris “Matin” to-day said: “The choice could not be a more flattering one to France. The success of such' an eminent diplomatist is assured, for his fine character, his perfect understanding of France and the French people, together with the fact that he was one of the prime movers of the Entente Cordiale. are known to all.”— British Official Wireless. EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED FRENCH PRESS. PLEASED Rugby, February 19. The announcement of Sir William Tyrrell’s appointment to succeed Lord Crewe, who retires from the Paris Embassy in the summer, has been extremely well received both in Paris and London. The newspapers point out that Sir William Tvrrell’s appointment is a delicate compliment to France, since it is rare for a Permanent Under-Secre-tary of State to be asked to take any Ambassadoric post. The “Observer” says: Sir William Tvrrell’s choice commands approval at Home and abroad, and adds: “Now, more than ever, Paris is the nodal point of European diplomacy, and the task which confronts the Ambassador to France is of so special a character that the post has twice in recent years been filled from outside the professional ranks. To-day the condition of the Continent is easier, but not yet easy, and gives the fullest scope for the patient and tactful comprehensiveness of view proper to a diplomat. ’ The French Press has given the appointment a unanimous and cordial welcome.—British Official Wireless.