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Show J GREAT TRADE EXPERT -------- Sir Richard Crawford, whom Great Britain has sent to America as commercial adviser to its embassy in Washington, has been for a long time in the government service as one of its most trusted and able representatives, representa-tives, ranking as a minister. He was made a knight commander. ; of St. Michael and St. George in 1911. He was a commissioner of customs for seven years before that, and since then he has been adviser to the Turkish Turk-ish minister of finance. He was born in 1S63, and was married in 1894 to Augusta, the only daughter of the late Col. A. D. D: I-estrange. .' -. ' . . Being considered one of England's most accomplished trade experts. Sir Richard was the natural choice of his government when it was found desirable de-sirable to send to Washington a man who could handle skillfully and tact- . fully the many problems of commerce ! and shipping which are arising, in I connection with the war and the at- tempts of Great Britain and Germany lo isolate each other. Sir. Richard is acting in co-operation with Sir Cecil. Spring-Rice, the British unibassador, lit whose suggestions bis appointment Is dua. t . - |