Robert Dell to Edward Taylor Scott.
Location: Paris.
Personal. He explains why he has not yet been able to repay the loan. He thinks that the Paris work is becoming too much for him. Miss Meade's departure has been a great loss. Mrs. Bethell took him to her house at Auteuil, as he looked 'pulled down'. He asks if they would consider him for Geneva, if he were unable to continue in Paris. He refers to his elder daughter, Sylvia Blelloch, and her husband, David, who works in the International Labour Office; she knows how thinks work at Geneva, and has journalistic experience, being formerly correspondent of the Daily Herald. He presumes that a full-time correspondent on a fixed salary is not required there; he understood this when Siepmann left. He would welcome the freedom this would afford; he would like to maintain a foothold in Paris. If he were to leave Paris, he would be minded to suggest David Scott of The Times as his successor; Dawson has a good opinion of him, and he has a chance of becoming chief correspondent of The Times.
Reports there indicate that the Morning Post is in a bad way, and may not survive. He has heard that the Daily Telegraph has increased its circulation since the cost was reduced to 1d, whereas that of The Times has decreased.