3 JULY 1920, Page 9

Lord D'Abernon has been appointed British Ambassador to Germany. Mr.

Bonar Law stated in the House on Wednesday that the French Government at the recent Boulogne Conference proposed that the Allies should be represented by Ambassadors at Berlin as soon as possible. The Allies had accepted the proposal and we had acted upon it. No change of policy is involved in this appointment. We are at peace with Germany, and an Ambassador may be able to exercise more influence over the German Government than a Chargé d'Affaires. Lord D'Aber- non's wide experience in diplomatic and financial affairs has qualified him for his new and difficult task.