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OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL LETTER
Trials of the U.S. Ambassador: A strong Board of Admiralty: The Palestine Exhibition: Th late Sir William Robertson: British Musielans on the Continent: Sir Robert Hadfield and Russia,
(Bpecial Air-Mail Servics)
London, February 14.
New Astronomer-Royal, Mr. Andrew Mellon.
Dr. B. Spendek Jones has tailed One of the reasons for delay in Erora Copa Town to take up his new nominuting a successor to Mr. An-post as Astronomer-Royal. drow Mellon as American Ambas-
sador in London is the difficulty of finding a man who is sufficiently wealthy to maintain the dignity of the position.
Complaint has often been mida that the salary allowed to Ameri- can Ambassadors and Ministers is not enough to keep up a proper es- tablishment. In one instance the Ambassador at Vienna was known to spend more than his salary on rent alone.
Then there was Mr. Choate, who represented the United States in London. He was found wandering round Trafalgar-square one night, and a kind-hearted policeinen re commended him to go home;
"Home" echoed the wanderer, plaintively. "Home? I have no home; I am the American Ambas
sador."
Cape Town and Greenwich are making an exchange for Dr. Jack son, who has been Sir Frank Dyson's chief assistant for several years past, goes out to the Cape as H.M. Astronomer there.
Jones himself worked, ut Greenwich, It is ten years since Dr. Spancer and after his South African experi- once our blurred skies are likely to be trying to him.
But he comes well equipped for which has always been the pride of that exact astronomical observation the Royal Observatory, and is ita most important, though tional, task.
unsens
Breaking It Gently.
William Robertson was one of the The blunt directness of Sir
qualities which accounted for his phenomenal rise. He hooked his
An Obsolete System. The news from Washington indi-way through obstacles which would cates that the United States has have intimated other men. Of his openly recognised that its exist bluntness--- one could tell many ing constitutional machine cannot storice. operate with sufficient speed ́or: efficiency in emergencies. One in fers that the whole system is going into the melting-pot.
When that time arrives, it will be surprising if the States do not change the system whereby their diplomatic representatives abroad are as much political appointments
members of the Govern
48 are ment.
In London, for example, Mr. Mellon has barely had time to es tablish himself and make a start on the admittedly lengthy businOSH' of understanding Britain and the British. It is less than a year since he arrived and decorated the new U.S. Embassy in Prince's gate with tronsures from his wonderful collec- tion of pictures,---
Now, because he was appointed by a Republic Government, he must be replaced-and that at a moment when his financial experience could, one would resume, be of real ser vice to his country.
The Board of Admiralty. The present Board of Admiralty is the strongest and most progres. sive wo have had for a good many
yours.
It certainly possesses the adván. tage of comparative youthfulness, for the average age of its members is three years less than that of their predecessors.
nual meeting of the British Sailors' Society.
An English Isolda.
Nowadays the openings given to foreign musicians in England are attended with more reciprocity than used to be the case. Thus the
Monte Carlo Opera this season is allotting leading parts to the Eng- lish soprano, Miss Sybil Crawley.
She made her, début there with success the other day as the Princess in Strauss' Rosenkava lior," and next week she is to sing as Isolde,
In Norway and Holland,
From Oslo comes news of the success achieved by our young pianist, Mr. John Bunt (a Schnabel pupil), whose concert was attended by the King and Queen of Norway.
made he was engaged to play in As a result of the impression he Brahms' Second Concerto with the Oslo Philharmonic Society.
Lionel Tertia are giving a sories of Miss Harriet Cohon and Mr. recitals of viola sonatas in Holland this month, and are afterwards to appear in Berlin.
Euasia and English Science.
Sir Robert Hadfield, the eminent steelmaatter and scientist received many congratulations on being noti fied of his. election to honorary membership of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in recognition of his gical research distinguished services to métallur
Michael Faraday was elected a member of the same, bedy in 1931, Academy of Sciences. Another hon which was then styled the Imperial. our bestowed on Faraday some ship of the Russian Imperial Society years later was honorary member- of Naturalists, at Moscow.
When Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien was to be recalled, there was some perturbed discussion as to who would break the news to him. For that For some years Sir Robert has gallant general's temper had been maintained close terms of friendship worn to shreds by ill-health and an-with various Russian savants in xiety, and, to put it frankly, he was various fields of science, Notable not an easy man to tackle.
among them was the late Professor D. Tschernoff, whom he has always regarded as the real initiator of! scientific methods in the heat treat- ment of steel.
Robertson, who had been his Chief General Staff Officer at Alder shot, was chosen for the job. He performed it in characteristic fashion. He said:-
Orace, you're for "ome."
The Lincolnshire Lad.
None of Sir William's friends in the far-off 'seventies can have sus pected the glittering prize that was to fall to a Victorian trooper of cavalry, without influence and with but little education. His own family were lugubrious when he en listed,
In the Lincolnshire village of Wel- born stood in those days a tiny shop run by a Mr. Robertson, tailor and postmaster. One afternoon & cuy of the non-arrival of a promised, tomer complained over the counter pair of trousers.,
"Oh, sir," said Mrs. Robartson, joining in the discussion, "I'm sure you wouldn't take on so if you knew the trouble we're in.".
Why, what has happened?" "Our Bill's run away.He's gons
Moreover, they are all officers of recent sea experience, The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir A. Ernie. Chatfield, is freab from the Mediter- for a soldier." ranean, whither he went from tho Atlantic (now the Home) Fleet.
Vice Admiral A. Dudley Pound, the Second Sea Lord, recently com manded the battle cruisers and sub- sequently had a spell of service at Geneva, where he became familiar with current problems of disarNA-
ment.
•
Rear-Admiral C. M. Forbes, the Third Sea Lord, last held command of the Mediterranean destroyer flotillas, while. "Number Four," Rear Admiral G. Blake was until lately in charge of the New Zealand cruiser squadron.
Finally, Rear-Admiral Little comes straight from the submaring ser-. vice.
In Strong Haida
His Nickname.
the French liaison officers who "Our Bill's bluntness horrified buzzed around G.HQ. He was not fluent, as a linguist, and he datest- ed circumlocutory methods.
His answers to the French were rarely more than monosyllabic. Their nickname for Robertson was "General Non."
a crime.","
Oricket Orime.
We have moved in, long way,
since cricket was regarded not only as an idle and profitless pastime, but as
of Edward IV elud It is difficuld
ed cricket in, the list of criminal to ingine tale group of relatively young and offence on the ground that its vigorous. flag officers accepting re Browing popularity was proving de trimental to the practice of archery, sponsibility for any measures which on which the defence of the king would tead still further to emas dom was so largely par
dependent.
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culate to Navy,
The naval outlook is far from fine of 210 and two years' im- antisfactory. In these circum. Prisonment was How they made the stances there will be many to feel punishment fit the crime, and it rchef that the Admiralty reins are was not until 1748 that cricket, was in firm hands, en
played without danger of the judg ment.
An Angiò-Palestine Exhibition. Lord Beading is at the head of u distinguished group of public men who are sponsoring the Anglo- Palestine Exhibition which is to be held in London from June 7 to 17.
British Ballors' Society, Bir Archibald Hurd will bring to the affairs of the British Sailora Society, of which he has been elect- ed a director, a knowledge of the A reproduction of an Eastern so and shipping that will be of bazaar, with all its glamour great assistance to the board should prove an attraction to the
general public. But the exhibition A new wing of the society's Em- Anglo-Palestinian trade, pire Memorial Hostel in Limehouse will shortly be opened and will pro-
increase
and to illustrate the great progre vide another 100 cabins "ne the made in the country since the bedrooms are appropriately, called British took over
besides other much-needed accom- modation.
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Thai bat of vice presidents is a formidable one, and includes Mr. Lloyd George Bir Herbert Samuel,
The Lord Mayor, who, with Lady"
Lord Bearsted, Lord Snowden, Lord Greensway, was resided from a tor Burnbar, Sir Juliet Cohn, Vis reddes despatch boat during the count Cecil of Chelwood, and Lee, his warm heart for all sca Gen. Sir A. G. Wauchope, the High fearers, he has granted the nee Commissioner for Pulestine,
the Mansion House for the un-
When it is added that Dr. Kapit- za, of Cambridge, is also an hòn- opary member of the academy just mentioned, it is evident that Sir Robert is in good and congenial
company.
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