27 JULY 1918, Page 3

Lord Robert Cecil last week resigned his post as Minister

of Blockade in order, as Assistant Foreign Secretary, to take "a larger and more responsible part" in the work of the Foreign Office. He was succeeded as Minister of Blockade by Sir L. Worthington Evans, whose place as Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Munitions was taken by General Seely. Major Astor was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food, following the promotion of Mr. Clynes.