A NEW AMBASSADOR BRITAIN ACCREDITS TO PARIS EMBASSY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6538, 21 February 1928, Page 8

A NEW AMBASSADOR BRITAIN ACCREDITS TO PARIS EMBASSY

Sir William Tyrrell Succeeds Lord Crewe

UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OP PRESS (British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, Feb. 19. t 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 that an official announcement will he made as soon as the French Government have formally accepted the appointment. The transference of Sir Wm. Tyrrell to the Paris Embassy is likely to take place during the summer. It is understood that Sir Eonald Lindsay, British Ambassador to Berlin, will succeed Sir. William Tyrrell al tie Foreign Office, Lord Crewe’s ambassadorship has lasted five eventful years, during which ha has plaved a part in many import aat and intricate post war problems. The period includes the later stages of the reparations controversy and the Buhr occupation ,the question of the establishment of the Dawes plan, preparations for the Locarno Treaties and the inter-AHicd 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 hoeu for nearly three years Permanent Undersecretary of State at the Foreign Office having succeeded to that influential post on the death of Sir Eyre Crowe. The Times says: “As the chief assistant of the Foreign Secretary he has played a very active' part in recent international developments, and his breadth of view and the soundness of his judgment on a rapid succession of intricate questions have been widely recognized. ’ ’ Sir Eonald Lindsay who is the son of the Sixth Earl of Crawford, has held a number of diplomatic appointments it 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 ho 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 he a more flattering one to Prance. The success of such an eminent diplomatist is aseured because of Ms fine character and his perfect understanding of Prance and the Prench people, and the fact that ho was one of the prime movers of the Entente Cordiale and known to all.”-

The newspapers generally point out that Sir William Tyrrell’s appointment is a delicate compliment to Prance since it is rare for a permanent Undersecretary of State to be asked to take and ambassadorial post. The Observer says that Sir William Tyrrell’s choice commands approval at Homo and abroad, and adds: “Now more then ever Paris is the nodal point of European diplomacy and the task which confronts the Ambassador to Prance is of so special a character that the post has twice in recent years been filled from outside professional >ankr, “To day the condition of the Continent is easier, but it is not yot easy. Xt gives the fullest scope for the patient and tactful comprehensions of view proper to a diplomat.” The French press has given the appointment a unanimous and cordial welcome.-