Sancta Simplicita . S.
When the expenses of the International Labour Office were questioned, the criticisms elicited a magnificent speech froin its Director in reply. In logic and dialectic, in......
Keeping Faith.
Sir Maurice Hankey, to whom the post was first offered, refused the then doubtful honour of captaining a ship that might have foundered on a dozen rocks, and so Sir Eric awoke......
Is The Secretary-general Too Shy?
I am told that when Sir Eric Drtanmond was asked to speak at the recent League of Nations Union meeting at the Albert Hall he refused. Twelve thousand of his countrymen had......
The League Of Nations
The Character of Sir Eric Drummond So retiring a man as the Secretary-General to the League of Nations is a difficult subject for the journalist. As a rule, the bigger the man......
Greatness Thrust On Him.
In public opinion, hard work is not associated with Foreign Office officials. Sir Eric had been a Foreign Office official all his life before he was called to be a "......
A Great Worker.
He is thought to be a little " gauche," especially by the Latin races, but that is nonsense. How can a man be tactless who has managed 500 people of forty nationalities for ten......
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