EMDEN'S VISIT.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10912, 1 June 1929, Page 5

EMDEN'S VISIT.

NO CIVIC KJSOEFTION IN • AUCKLAND.

GERMAN. CONSUL’S SUGGESTION ACCEDED TO.

(Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, ay" 31. A further telegram was received, to-day, by. the Mayor,. Mr. G. Baildoii, from the oor man Consul at Welbngton, in, reference to the approaching visit of the cruiser Emdon. . The telegram received previously ■WM: to the effect that, assuming there were grounds for the, press references- to t||e proposed civic reception,- the consul respectfully suggested that' any such proposal ho abandoned in order to avoid a pub.hc controversy. < Mr. Ba'ldon thereon replied thanktug the consul and stating that he was ,in accord with the views expressed by the consul. / To-day's telegram from Wellington >stated: “In view of some erroneous 'interpretations being given tri the / press to niy respectful telegraphic suggestion "to you, 1 would very/highly appreciate a public, declaration from you to .the effect that vot'i considered my action timciv and iH’lpful.” In complying with the consul’s ro•fjuest,. Mr. Baildon states that lie is ju .accord with the consul's views, and that it is his intention to carry out. the wishes expressed in his telegram that there will he no civic reception. 'PUBLIC' 01 ;~CI WJ(i~Iibx:EPTJOXS. RETURNED MEN’S OPPOSITION. • Presß Association ! OHRSTCHURCII, May 31. “That this meeting of members of ilic Christchurch' Returned Soldiers' Association disapprove any public or civic reception being granted to the crew of the German fjhrship Em den during her visit to New Zealand, was a motion adopted at the weekly social evening at the It.S.A Club rooms;, 1-50 being present. UH.IMSTGHUItCIi RS.A. VIEWS. ENMITY MUST P.E ALLOWED TO , , DIE. (I’rcßß Association.) . CHRISTCHURCH., May 31. “Unofficial and luiconsidciccl'’ were 'the terms applied by the president ol LJits ChristcJiurch • Returned Soldiers’ Association. (Mr. G. A. Hayden) to a motion passed last night by a section of the association’s members rUspeeling the impending visit ol the German cruiser Eindcn lo New Zealand. A meeting of the standing conunittco of tho association was licld to-day. After the meeting, Mr. Hayden stated that the men could fight and, if the light was -clean, could shake hands and he friends. If the- light was not clean, anil there had been .some hilling below the belt, hand--shakes need not be given, blit tho ordinary courtesies ol life could bo exchanged. The Germans had hit below the licit, as it were, by the use of poison gas; bul lie thought they could still he- offered the ordinary courtesies. “We are of the opinion, ho concluded, “Hint action based on last nighl’s motion would cause great trouble, a.s it w<nijd .keep alive the enniilv which should be allowed to dio ” “