INTERNATIONAL CAMP

Evening Star, Issue 21518, 16 September 1933, Page 21

INTERNATIONAL CAMP

It is a sign of the times that a number of the young Frenchmen who attended the Whitsun International Camp in Hampton Court Park left the camp site at o'a.m. oh the Tuesday and were at their desks in Pans by 9 a.m. _ This camp, which was the fust enterprise or the new International Federation of Camping Clubs, was well supported by the French, who have not always been known for their love of open-air pursuits. There were forty-eight foreign visitors in all, Holland, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Italy, and Spain also being represented—fne latter by four people with five tbntsl The largo crowd of English campers, who helped to_ give them a happy holiday, were disappointed that economic conditions prevented the German add Austrian cjups from sending detachments, hut a hiessage from Germany hoped that a future camp might be arranged there. Part of the programme was the first annual

congress of the federation, at which the British Camping Club, who have taken a leading part since the inauguration in Holland last year, presented a draft constitution. It is good to know that a permanent life is assured to this now effort to increase international fellowship.