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Lord Cecil of Chelwood, better known as Lord Robert Cecil, was appointed President of the Board of Conciliation which is to deal with Norwegian-Danish disputes that cannot be settled through the usual diplomatic channels. Viscount Grey's Twenty-Five Years: 1892-1916, which is to be published in the U. S. in the fall, was reported to have fetched the highest price in years for a book of memoirs. Lord Grey was Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary from...
...world's greatest scourges; but differences of opinion arose on the means by which a scotching of opium production is to be realized. These differences were capitalized by the U. S. delegation (headed by Representative Ctephen G. Porter) and the British delegation (generaled by Lord Cecil of Chelwood, who recently received the Wilson plaque for his good work in promoting peace). France and the Netherlands, both being confronted by common difficulties, ranged themselves behind Britain, Mr. Porter, joined by the Irish Free State, conducted a desperate fight...
...Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, having received the peace award of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation (TIME, Jan. 5, FOREIGN NEWS), went to Washington. In company with Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador, he called at the White House and conversed in camera with the President. Their meeting was variously described: by Lord Cecil as "a pleasant visit," by a White House spokesman as "an exchange of amenities...
...68th birthday anniversary; there were only two speeches after dinner. At coffee-time, Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the Foundation, arose to the introduction and ceremony of the evening, beginning with a tribute to President Wilson and working from that into citation of the merits of Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (Lord Robert Cecil), the Foundation's unanimous choice (TIME, Dec. 15") for recipient of the Woodrow Wilson
...country and served it well. Since the War, even during it, he lent his weight and experience to the problem of international peace. In 1923, his King, in recognition of his great services to humanity, made him a peer of the realm and he became Viscount Cecil of Chelwood.? Now, in the 39th year of his public service, a distinguished U. S. jury ? Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard; Judge Florence E. Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court; Dr. James R. Angell, President of Yale; Authoress Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Publicist Raymond B. Fosdick; David F. Houston...