TANGA INCIDENT
GERMAN CONSUL EXPLAINS
REMARKS DISTORTED
LONDON, 9th August. The "Daily Mail V* correspondent g,t Nairobi says that Horr Speiser, thf German Consul at Tanga, has issued a* official statement regarding the goosestepping incident, when thirty sailor* from, the crujper Karlsruhe were ordered to march past the hotel because the ghjp'a officers thought the eerejnonial Would please their German hosts, ,
Herr Speiser was surprised wheu the Provincial Commission ordered the closing of tlie hotel bar on the ground that the march-past was a'military display which could be regarded as a form of propaganda ainpng the .natives, Herr Speiser called on the Gqniinisfiioner next morning and explained that no military display in any way was fatended. The explanation was aeeepted. Next day he hoard rumours concerning1 hia speech, and he revisited the Commissioner and protested against the childish misrepresentation and mischievoui distortion of his remarks.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 9
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TANGA INCIDENT
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 36, 11 August 1930, Page 9
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