BRITISH EMPIRE: Curzon Resign?

It is being circulated in London political circles that Lord Curzon will retire from the Foreign Office as soon as the Lausanne Conference is terminated.

Lord Curzon has been in poor health for some time and it is because of this that he contemplates resigning.

Viscount Grey of Falloden has been mentioned as his successor. As Lord Grey is a Liberal it is hardly likely that he will accept office under a Conservative Government. Undoubtedly he would be the best man, but Lord Robert Cecil seems to be more in the running.

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