Sonic concern might not unnaturally be felt at the absence
of the British Ambassador from Moscow as the trial of the British engineers is beginning. In fact no such anxiety need be felt. Mr. William Strang, the Counsellor, who is acting as Chargé d'Affaires, is a'man of great capa- city and marked sanity of judgement, fully competent to do everything Sir Esmond Ovey could have done, and perhaps even better qualified temperamentally to handle this particular piece of business' than his late chief. Before going to Moscow a couple of years ago he worked successively in the Far Eastern and the League of NationS divisions of the Foreign Office. The public may place as full confidence in him as his superiors in Downing Street unquestionably do—the more so since he invariably takes a broad view of affairs and would never allow prejudice one way or the other to weaken his position in discussions with the accused men or the Soviet officials.
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