NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4746, 14 September 1935, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

Thousands of emus are again invading the north-eastern farming districts in Western Australia, and requests are being made for a supply of machine-guns to deal with the menace. The emus have beaten down large areas of crops. It is universally recognised that Sir Samuel Hoare's speech at the League Assembly was one of the most important pronouncements made by any British Foreign Minister since its formation. Its terms are being carefully studied by all countries, Speaking at Plymouth, Mr. Lloyd George referred to the Italo-Abys-sinian dispute and the Foreign Secretary's speech in the League Assembly. He said: "In a crisis of this kind the Government that represents Britain and the cause of right is, for that moment at any rate, a national Government in the real sense of the term. It speaks for the nation as a whole." It was well that all nations of Europe should know that. There is no confirmation of the French report from Geneva that the Scandinavians, as the result of an overnight talk, decided to quit the League if the Covenant was not fully upheld. Catalans who were demonstrating in honour of a 1714 Spanish hero Casanova, came into collision with the police, who charged with batons. Shots were fired in some parts of the city and many arrests were made. The injured included a former member of the Cabinet. Ethiopian tribesmen were reported to be laying unique plans to confound any Italian invaders. They intend to draft the evil-smelling civet cats of the country, which are much larger than American skunks but smell about as badly, and post them at water wells which may be used by the Italians. The Associated Press correspondent at Geneva says that following Sir Samuel Hoares' example of frankness, the Dutchman, johkheer, A. D. de Graeff, the Swede, M. Richard Sandler, and the Belgian, Dr. van Zeeland, came out with sentiments showing unmistakably how opinion" against Italy is crystallising at Geneva and how anxious the smaller nations are to ensure the protection of the Covenant. ". —■.^—^—«————