23 MAY 1925, Page 2

Lord Allenby has resigned his post as High Com- missioner

of Egypt and Sir George Lloyd is to take his place. Mr. Austen Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that this implied no change of policy whatever. Lord Plumer succeeds Sir Herbert Samuel as High Commissioner for Palestine, and Sir John Baird succeeds Lord Forster as Governor- General of Australia.

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