Word: harvey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first great change under the Coolidge Administration, the first major operation since 1921 on the State Department's corps of diplomats, is forecast. The State Department announced the forthcoming retirement of Colonel George Harvey from the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James, and of Richard Washburn Child as Ambassador to Italy...
...State Department announced that both Ambassadors will retire at their own earnest solicitation. It was vigorously denied that they had had any disagreement with the Administration. Ambassador Harvey declared his intention of resigning to President Harding last Spring. It is understood that both wish to retire for personal reasons-to attend to their private affairs and to escape the financial burdens of their posts...
...Premier Lloyd George was entertained at the American Club in London by the American Society prior to his departure for Southampton en route for the U. S. Ambassador Harvey, in introducing him, said that he was a great democrat, a champion of Anglo-American friendship, " the most vivid personality of his own time and one of the most remarkable personalities of all time. . . . The last time he visited Canada he hadn't enough money to go on to the U. S., but this time he has no excuse. . . . He will have an equally gracious reception from President Coolidge...
...have not seen the papers today and, therefore, I do not know when I am scheduled to resign, but I will say that I'm going back to London with the expectation of staying until I come home."?Ambassador George Harvey, with a solemn face...
...Harvey sailed on the Leviathan to resume his post at the Court of St. James...