JUMP FROM LINER
TO PREVENT DEPORTATION. [by CABLE PRESS ASSN. COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, November 13. When the liner Strathaird was leaving for Sydney to-day, Herr Kisch, the Czecho-Slovakian author and novelist, jumped overboard. Kisch came to Australia as a delegate to the Anti-War Conference, but, like Gerald Grifcn (Wellington) was not allowed to enter the country. When he jumped from the liner, Kisch landed on the wharf, as the result of which he sprained his ankle. Kisch, however was immediately escorted back to the ship by two detectives. Kisch protested, saying that he could be re-arrested, but could not be returned to the ship. Many of his friends took part in a protest, thus causing a sensation. It is also reported that a number of Communists 'had incited Kisch to leap to the wharf. Earlier in the day the Chief Justice, Sir William Irvine, dealt with an application on Kisch’s behalf, calling upon Captain Carter, the master of the Straithaird, to show cause for his detention. The application was dismissed on the ground that he was an alien, and thus had no right whatever to claim admittance to the Commonwealth.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1934, Page 7
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