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...tastefully draped in ar large British Union Jack, the other in a large U. S. flag. In it sat three high hats-Sir Harry Gloster Armstrong, British Consul; Walter L. Clark, President of the Grand Central Art Galleries; Irving T. Bush, Art patron. They were waiting for Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., to arrive from Washington. On the other side of Manhattan Island, 4,000 people-said to be the largest assemblage ever to attend a New York exhibition-waited for him also. For this Ambassador had promised to lend his presence to the opening...
...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...
...Esmé. The U. S. has the "geographical merit" of being 3,000 miles away from Europe's troubles; but England, close at hand, must return to the balance of power doctrine or adhere to a league for peace.-Sir Esmé Howard, British Ambassador...
...Esmé Howard, British Ambassador to the U. S., informed U. S. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes that His Majesty's Government "deemed it desirable that the handling of matters at Washington exclusively relating to the Irish Free State should be confided to a Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the United States Government...
...Coolidge accepted from Sir Esmé Howard (British Ambassador) an oil portrait of President Harding presented by the Vancouver Sun and the Canadian press to the National Press Club and newspapermen of the U. S. The portrait will hang in the National Press Club in Washington...