1937-12-21 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 21, 1937.

NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR APPOINTED TO CHINA

Uncertainty Regarding Sir H.M.Knatchbull-Hugessen

SIR ARCHIBALD KERR COMING FROM BAGHDAD

London, To-day.

THE Foreign Office announces that the King has approved the appointment of Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr to be Ambassador to China in place of Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen.

Sir Hughe, it has been decided, will not return to China but will be recommended for appoint- ment to another post in due course.

ENGLAND UNDER FOG BLANKET

London, To-day. The Metropolis yesterday morn- ingas ringed by a thick fog, while most roads were ice-bound. Shipping in the Thames was blanketed by a fog which extend- ed west to Bristol and north to Glasgow.-Renter.

COMPENSATION FOR BRITISH CASUALTIES

London, To-day-.

It had been hoped possible to leave the Embassy in China in charge of Mr. R. G. Howe until Str Haghe was able to return to China in the Spring, but recent events in the Far East, coupled with un- certainty in regard to the actual date by which Sir Hughe would be fable to return to duty, made it ne cessary for the matter to be re-ex- amined

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AMBASSADOR NEEDED

It is now considered that in spite of the complete confidence felt in Mr. R. G. Howe, it is essential for His Majesty's Government to be re- presented in China by a diplomat of Ambassadorial rank, and that ar- rangements to this effect should be made with the least possible delay.

Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, the new Ambassador, has been Ambassadör in Baghdad since 1935.

He entered the Diplomatic Ser- vice in 1906, and served at Berlin, Burnos Aires, Washington, Rome and Teheran.

SCOTS GUARDSMAN - In 1918 he saw War service as a

sellor from 1923 to 1925.

From 1925 to 1928 he was Minis-

The Foreign Secretary, asked by private in the Scots Guards.

After the War, he was appointed! Mr. L. F. Plugge (Conservative,

Cairo Chatham) in the House of Commons to Tangier (1919) and to

Coun- yesterday for particulars regarding (1922), where he acted as compensation to be paid by Japan for casualties by their troops to Bri- tish soldiers and sailors, recalledter to the Central American Repu that the Japanese Government had From 1928 to 1930 he was Min- fully accepted the principle of pecuni-ister to Chile, and was then trans- ary compensation.

blic.

ferred to Stockholm, where he

CASTLECARY TRAIN SMASH

SCOTTISH TRAIN DISASTER. At least 34 people lost their lives

in the collision in a-blizzard between two LNER. trains at Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Photo shows. One of the wrecked coaches on top of en- gine and tender. (Fox Copyright: By Air Mail).

GERMANY

"Claims have been made," Mr. served as Minister till 1935, when When travelling in Germany and on German ships Eden added, “and it is only a ques-The went to Baghdad-Perrier.

tion of details of financial compensa-

Lion"

Mr. F. J. Bellenger (Labour, Bas- setlaw) asked if claims in respect of loss of life were not in a different category from those respecting pro- perty, and therefore would Mr. Eden press for the earliest settlement of these claims?

Mr. Eden: "Yes. I think that is so. The principle of compensation his been accepted, and what remains to be settled are the amounts and the question of to whom they are payable:"Renter.

HANKOW NOW BUZZING WITH

EXCITEMENT

Hankow, To-day. Hankow is buzzing with excitement at the prospect of hostilities in South China. It is pointed out that Hankow will be completely cut off if the Japanese occupy Canton and disrupt train and air services between Hong Kong and Hankow, as well as the

KARAKHAN'S newly-inaugurated Chungking-Hang

EXECUTION

Moscow, To-day.

Kong air service.

At present it is possible to reach the outside world by rail via Chen- chow, Hsuchow (Honan), Tsinanfu Eight Soviet officials have been and Tsingtao, but the advent of executed on charges of subversive hostilities in Shantung will undoub activities, according to an official tedly disrupt that route.

ancement.

Though the air service to Hong The men included Karakhan, form-Kong is still functioning, it is wide- er Ambassador to China and toly reported that the service will be Turkey

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