16 NOVEMBER 1929, Page 2

Sir Esmond Ovey on the resumption of diplomatic re- lations

with Mexico in 1925 successfully carried through some • difficult negotiations. He was about to sail for Brazil last week as the new Ambassador when the Govern- ment decided to appoint him to Moscow. Sir Robert Van- sittart has served in many parts of the world and was Private Secretary • to Sir Austen Chamberlain and Mr. Baldwin. When the Labour Government came into power he was appointed Private Secretary to the Prime Minister and accompanied him to the -United States and Canada. He is an accomplished linguist and a poet whose verse we have had occasion to praise.