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4 a ae, 4 we pve a - ” ot . "aspired {o In Manchester, nd... 7 . i “ for developing the most” ladi+ ~ mi qi }, orous alrs an ataces? . z a ; ’ Life will be ¥ sweet For 5 4 : .- Mr. and Mrs. X. Before thqm, - . o + unless he or she makes 8 fat : wa . , Class bloomer, lies Ibly an; : ambassadorship, and — almost. inevitably—the K.OMG.. and % ‘ .. : even if he does ‘slic a little; ‘ oe “ there is alwgys & casy consul-'. _— en) es , generalship. ~ peptone b t True, he may not belong tos’ i “ — re . mee : +the innermost Forelgn Office» ; an _ te at te te "eabal, those dozen or 80 pro-g oe we we F oes ne . eee ost BIE pen to; no .. ae . get & bad pos T ad wy i j.° _ Some commentators; working themselves up into a legiti- * Sebb and Lord Hood, for: ex-., \ mabe rage over the Maclean an Burgess affair, have tried fo} émple, have never made thew ea bine all these insulting wo in a single spate of abuse ; acquaintance of Bogota), ut £3,- "buf the accusations are so mix¢d, and the general picture 80 long as Shey both ope part”! ingpherent, that the publig is; J... Bye. by aoa, kes op Bo . ust play her part,’ . too. as an Embassy hostess—the merely eft, feeling that prospects are relatively goden. ) _ er oT Bie Relatively, because before Be them lies always the | spectre of Determined _chie chie Pe ' pg possible spell in London. he o ’ j the certainty of a, dim’ end-(; TF. T ments one eae a > ‘underpaid retirement. © = ° - ne second Sir< ‘owe, to put things to bo atime that Mr x manages ecome Counsellor: in Paris : "en? . thelr work is done abroad, out : rs * i there he will teceive allowances | He would tell his staf to #0 | af sient of the public and of . attitude for a “British diplo--. of £4500 8 year in addition < | out, among Tee a bhey, and ;mewspapers. * oe Bing S ” Avest, particularly dealing with ‘an untaxed salary af £2.50. and discover or Te other ‘What is the FR foreigners is one of aloof dis- . Put him back in the Foreign | what the offic : king.“ He something is wrong with the OE ¥ - Forelgn Office and nobody | R } knows what. aie ee AR KR ': « Nor {a this surprising. Noone °-j 407° . a oF +without first-hand expericnos “pe, ¥! < really knows what our dip:omats Vis G O R E es are like, because nin¢-tenths of Be nE » w orelgn Office ?. dil is. are n ‘Thee bedartmedt of state, like dain He will learn that his Qffice as head of the American | Giplomats. them that *in any other. cons|stin of perma: | rotocol must be Derfect bit Department —Macican post ould the plum posta would go nent officials. Its staff are re-- a 5 Manners ere. of Uttle an e only loses " crujted by examination and- account. ad =: ane vances but has to pay U.K.:] to those who do things and do . "lt them with gusto, not to ‘those: interview over a period of days. Now. unless Mr. Xisa man ot. income,tax on his salary. “,.', p who ait and obey orders serupile 1 -“with reminders of what Hea]: ; far. so good, we may say, ; Monday there will be cocktalis head, Tt will not comfort the “reforms, = But no npr ant: : : id be too pres eee ter the old school |. With the Turks, on Tuesday @:.' to find their former chief. & ot Mour ‘foreign |ser- tle. and the best man for the © 89? dinner with the Finns. on |: 4. B.. cooking his own supper } jain oNbrea Oren job, , : Wednesday a bal masque, Per-' ‘hig three-roomed ” D SUDO on c XK. educated perhaps at PSPS. by the Venezuelans— the fat a or the past 20 years ,Manchester Grammar School ~ money, little to do. and give the, Envy Mr. X—pitv him! Envy | Mo Be Us ae ¥ ted 4 - t and nstitution that it once was : ~ | @m exceptional’ character, he «= © . ay be WO oe ee aithaut imagination No preference will find himself quickly falling . Lost friends t || Jously but witnouy Hiins® ted | * . into the way of Wife thus id TS . ‘ Above all., he would Femi ds oe Bin the reat of the ; down for him. °° ow EN addition he will ai:| them, etn tore out ares! ne Civil Service. the suc- Hs work ‘during the day will,. ° . §§- that he ° pst) Mn py resentatives, and pro-" “tor esstul candidates be full and absorbing--ang, | aes British’ friends, | Calm tet henceforth arrogance core mosily from the middie . Make no mistake British dipie, "Friendship depends o0 regular | and offersiveness sill gstmoly clabs, with a sprinkling and ng mats ork prety shard like fh association : and life moves O11 | not be tolerated. -27°5°. 7%" ae mofe of the working class and) 5°h5 wil be delightful, On, wit reminders will be fared |” Fie will notbe loved for bis’ . Mir aval, a ‘and @& pretty bright boy, is A + him for his gorgeous esent es i ical exaraple. He joined up best parties, 2 yn and 1 pity him for his tustreless | ; ; full of youthful en usiasm and’ *:- ‘ . 8 uture, m, too for the! ’g desire to bring the peonles nf. | Ample allowances < ;: gracetess. self-satisfied “little « ~ the world together. His first dis-. ©. eee monkey which the system is 80 ‘Allusionment will be to learn that vy M Cnees pet his allow- ~ busily turning nm ty He" :4 his mission is not, as he thought, |... a y ar ~ - SLarts «| right — indeed.’ he’ ~to foreign peoples but to Ane ue 4 bafta being ample as ; might be your son; and if hel! / Governments—which means 0. , representative abroad, he will. Das an old_ school tle it is the officials, - - ms ‘he able to elve back as good as |: Foreign Office tle, not that of'4 i ‘This will surprise him but he he gets. He will be living, in Eton. “Long-hatred he most will ba even more surprined on short, as he could never liye at; °°" tainly is not. oO ne is expected to sper 5 h . . , ; s¢cial life with his coewwlomais neta" ao eee 1 Best of what “he finds, -and : Jape ere antec. Ijom other co apeing his superiors yely » Dasically what he Binds is good | . ; _— inally, he jill learn to his ride youn mane or his wife gr material in terms of loyalty, , _ .cHagrin thet fis enthusiasm is ." enjoying hugely a social pow... and brains gt least. ~ at é gar Bod: fiat the, -correct .: tion which she could never have |: - Blame the sorry succession of . rhe oe ine on aan Dut eet & i permanent under - secretaries ; ,who have been content to lef = _ their young men. our your imen, strut across the world r@ 1 igented by all but their?! opposi 3 jnumbers" and ‘their co-diplo-; unatlsts.: » dn Lye" Long fe chit i SO re re a ner ite a ry