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Show ;f FliSf Companies Old Chief to ashington, but as His ;; Private Secretary. i'.: 'f- " 'i-WK YORK, Sept. .. An unusual '.'of friendship between two men in office was. told here today by 6 :cnaut Colonel Tliwaites, British as-Lt as-Lt provost marshal, following the ' 'm cement that Sir William Tyrrell h accompany Viscount Grey as his a. te secretary when the latter ar-' ar-' here at the end of. the present ;li to .';rve as British ambassador .'a-ihinston. if William was private secretary to t (irev, then Sir Edward Grey, at -..utbreak of the war, when the new Hssador was British secretary for 'n affairs. When Sir Edward Grey r'--d, Sir William was made under-Tta'rv under-Tta'rv of foreign affairs and held I; important office for the greater r of the war. One of his two sous Skilled at the front and the father 'imined to retire from public life, c'-ien his old chief consented to go he United States as ambassador, Villiam at once came forward and itecred to accept the comparatively Mi: position of privale secretary, having filled one of the most im-' im-' int. posts in the empire. nbassador Grey's eyesight has al-r' al-r' completely failed him, and it was i'-fac.t, Colonel Tliwaites said, which "rmined Sir William to make the bklerable sacrifice in position in the tie of friendship. Sir William Tyr-according Tyr-according to Colonel Tliwaites, is tillered one of the ablest diplomats England. |