The Washington times., 1929-06-13
ENGLAND To
UPSET OLD
CUSTOM
By HARRY R. FLoRY

LONDON, June Ii (I.N.S.).
While still on the high seas,
Gen. Charles Gates Dawes,
newly-appointed American am
bassador to the Court of st.
James, has effected a moderni-
cation of Britain's tradition
bound foreign office policies.
{ Arrangements were completed in
Whitehall today for the reception OF
/ the new United States diplomatic
representative to this nation, with
the result that the former vice
President will be rushed through to
official recognition by the govern
Ynent and the king with record
breaking speed
Within "a hours Of his arrival
aboard the Olympic, Ambassador
Dawes will be ushered into the
presence of King George at Wind
sor Castle to present his credentials,
thus accomplishing in a day what
eusually takes two weeks or more.
Reasons For Haste
The fact that General Dawes IS
understood to bear instructions from
President Hoover to take all neces'
sary steps to pave the way for the
epocfaI meeting scheduled to take
place in July between the United
States executive and j. Ramsay
Macdonald. British prime minister
is believed to be mainly Responsible
for this unusual burst of speed on
the part of England's officialdonn.
But the fact that the new ambss-
esador is Gen. Charles Gates Dawes
also Is believed to have something to
do with this wholesale clipping OF
red tape.
Few ambassadors from America
have been more avidly welcomed In
advance than General Dawes. His
rapid-fire personality, now we'll
known to England through the
medium of press dispatches and
lengthy character sketches, which
have appeared almost daily since
his appointment, undoubtedly IN
fluenced the British government to
decide to rush his official recogni-
kion through as speedily as possible.
Goes to Castle Saturday
AS interlocutor in the negotiations
for the over-MacDonald confer
ence, which Is expected to place
Anglo. American relations on an
entirely new footing, and as a man
who likes to do things with the
least possible loss Of valuable time,
General Dawes has dispersed the
bogies Of tradition and time-worn
custom as If by magic.
He will go to Windsor Castle on
Saturday, the day after his boat
docks at southampton, and immed-
lately thereafter take up official
residence in the American Embassy
in Grosvenor Gardens. Further,
according to present plans, he will
make a flying trip to Macdonald's
Nhome at Lossiemouth, Scotland,
probably on Monday, to express
I President Hoover's willingness and
desire to meet the British prime
minister at any date for a friendly
conference on matters of interest
to the United States and Great
Britain.
Premier Macdonald and Ambas.
sador Dawes will inaugurate dis
cussions of Anglo-American coop
Grafton in behalf of disarmament
and world peace over the luncheon
table in a tiny Scottish town, &C,
xccrding to the Evening News to-
day.
The Premier and the American
Ambassador, according to present
plans, viii meet on Sunday at
Forres, II miles from Lossiemouth,
Scotland, where Mr.. Macdonald is
spending a vacation.
The newspapers quoted the Pre-
mier as saying:
I'VE will meet over the luncheon
table and in the short space of
three or four hours great ques-
tions of Anglo-American co-opera-
ton in the cause of disarmament
Aand permanent peace will he
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