HOSTILITY SHOWN

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1932, Page 5

HOSTILITY SHOWN

'■'l TO BRITISH AIRMEN. ■MOL LI SON IN TURKEY. rnited Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! , LONDON, January 8. •Jl'he aeronautical correspond, at of “'The Times - says that Mollison has returned to England from tin; Near 'East. He wi.T start a new attempt on the Cape record at the end of the month, Hying non-stop to Brindisi a hop of twelve hundred miles, and thence non-stop to Khartoum, a distance of 1250 miles, after which he will follow the usual route, thus enabling him to do the journey in 102 hours, or one day inside Miss Saiaman’s time. Mollison sny s that lie' has planned (this '.route to avoid Turkey. over which he has no wish to lly again niter his experiences at Konia on December 11th Mollison states that he decided to descend at Konia, because he was chilled in a snowstorm and bitterwinds, hoping for a comfortab.e night. On the contrary, he was surrounded by soldiers, and was marched to a hotel, where he was imprisoned in a room, and was refused food or it . was accused of .spying, because he d d not possess an authorisation to fiy. The Turkish authorities would not permit him any communication with the British Embassy at Angora, for three days, and they refused to Jrotect his plane, Finally, they permitted Mollison to go to Aleppo by train, where he obtained a permit to fly. On his return he found that his plane had been stripped of its instruments, and dashboard, and that part of the .floor had been torn up. He urges that it is time that representations were made to the T urks to prec ent them dispoiling aviators.