The proprietors of The Times have been unexpectedly prompt in
appointing a new editor. In one sense the choice of Mr. W. F. Casey was unexpected, for it was not thought likely that a man of sixty would be put in the editorial chair. But Mr. Casey is active and vigorous, and on every general ground he can be counted on to maintain the high traditions of his distinguished predecessors. The Times has been able to follow its almost unbroken rule of choosing an editor from within its own office, and there are younger, men in the office not ready yet for the editorial chair who may be fully qualified by a larger experience by the time Mr. Casey vacates it. Meanwhile the new appointment will mean no visible change, for Mr. Casey has been in charge of the paper for the considerable period since the beginning of Mr. Barrington-Ward's fatal illness.
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