At a time when the calibre of British diplomatists abroad
is being searchingly scrutinised, and rightly, the appoint- ment of Mr. Rex Leeper to the post of Minister at Bucharest will give universal satisfaction. He has had useful experience abroad at Riga, Constantinople and Warsaw, but he is known primarily, and will long be remembered, for his distinguished work in the News Department at the Foreign Office in the last ten years ; he has been head of the department for the last four years. As an Australian Mr. Leeper is free from all trammels of traditionalism, and possessing in equal degrees initiative, discretion and a marked disinclination merely to follow an opponent's moves he promises to turn to full advantage the opportunity which a key-position like Bucharest presents at the present moment.
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