26 JANUARY 1940, Page 6

The Times deserves considerable credit for the journalistic flair which

led it to report to the extent of two columns the address which the new British Ambassador in Paris, Sir Ronald Campbell, gave a week ago at the American Club in the French capital. The address deserved every line of that very considerable space, as an able, learned and supremely wise demonstration of the identity of the ideals of the Allies with everything that is best in American tradition and aspira- tion. Whether Sir Ronald is a student of American history and of Thomas Jefferson in particular I do not know, but his handling of those themes was unerring. Sir Ronald Campbell brought a high reputation from Belgrade to Paris. If this speech is a fair sample of his quality he will be a great Ambassador.

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