COLONIAL SECRETARY
MR. CHURCHILL'S APPOINTMENT
REPORTED
A STRONG CRITICISM.
(UNiTSD PP.EBB ASSOCIATION.—COPTMS3T.)
(APSTBALIAK -KSY7 Z3.tI.AIiD CAULS iSCOCUTIGN.) LONDON, 18th January. There arc persistent rumours that Mr. "Winston Churchill, who is faking a, holiday in France, has been offered the Chief Secretaryship of the Colonies.
The newspapers state definitely that Mr. Churchill has accepted^ the Colonial Office, though an official announcement may be delayed for a few days". . The Daily News protests against the; appointment as essentially mischievous. Mr. Churchill is reported to have said that he would not wield leos authority than his predecessors. newspaper interprets this to mean that the. Colonial Office will continue to transact dominion business and will also undertake new business in -. connection with the man-
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 16, 19 January 1921, Page 7
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