18 DECEMBER 1920, Page 3

At a luncheon given to M. Paul Cambon on Thursday,

December 9th, by the Foreign Press Association, Mr. Boner Law expressed very happily the respectful admiration with which we all regard the veteran French Ambassador, who is now retiring after twenty-two years' work in London. M. Cambon's task has been to build up and strengthen the friendly understanding between France and Great Britain. He has done as much as any man living for that great cause. Mr. Boner Law spoke of M. Cambon's indomitable tenacity as the characteristic quality of his people, and hinted that M. Cambon's calm confidence in the darkest days of the war had been very helpful to those in high places. M. Cambon is a good Frenchman, but he has served the interests of both countries by his wise and patient diplomacy.