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Show LORD MILNER WAR SECRETARY Earl of Derby Made Ambassador Ambas-sador to Paris and Viscount Succeeds Him. PARIS. April 18. Viscount Milner has been appointed secretary of state for war in the British cabinet, according ac-cording to Le Matin The Earl of Derby, who has been war minister, the paper says, will come to Paris as ambassador in place of Lord Bertie, who retires. Premier Clenenceau had a long conference con-ference last night with Lord Milner Alfred Milner flrs't Viscount Milner, has been a member of the British war cabinet wiihout portfolio since December De-cember 10. 1916. The Earl of Derby has been at the head of the war of-Mce of-Mce since the Lloyd -George cabinet took office in December 1916 Previously he uad been director of army recruiting and air minister. Announcement w.is made some time ago that Lord Bertie was about to leave his post in Paris, where he has been ambassador since 1905. Lord Bertie, who was raised to the peerage peer-age in 1915, entered the foreign of-Ncc of-Ncc m 1S6: and was formerly British ambassador to Italy. He is 74 years old. Viscount Milner has had a prominent promi-nent career in British politic- and was I British high commissioner for South I Africa previous to 1902 and from 1902 to 1905 he was governor of the Transvaal Trans-vaal and the Orange river colonies. He was born in 1845. LONDON. April 18. Official announcement an-nouncement was made today that the Earl of Derby has been appointed am-1 am-1 bassador extraordinary and plenipo 1 tentiary on a special mission to France, in succession to Lord Bertie. Viscount Milner becomes secretarv for war and J. Austen Chamberlain a member of the war cabinet. oo |