SMALL HOPE LEFT FOR RESCUE OF AMUNDSEN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6667, 21 July 1928, Page 8

SMALL HOPE LEFT FOR RESCUE OF AMUNDSEN

EXPENDITZDN RECAtLEDj : V * t . ■_ • “ ' ’ ; Cables. » Received'-Friday, 5.5 p.m. 'f STOCKHOLM,; July 19i ! - v T A message that the whole Swedish expedition has now been recalled signifies that there is small hope of the rescue, of the. remaining exiles. , v The Norwegian Government does not intend to inquire into the eircum- ■ stances of the Italia expedition but has received assurances from the • Italian • Government that it is fully investigate iug particularly the history of the expedition and the causes of lives being lost. '• f /,•' j'"’; 7 'The Norwegian expedition will 'remain to help tho Frenchman to look for Amundsen’s party. It is stated that General Nobile intends returning to Eomo at the first opportunity. Mariano’s frost-bitten’■ leg was amputated satisfactorily. ■■ A Eome message' states that Signor Mussolini has ordered the Italia survivors to return immediately to Koine, and has strictly forbidden tUffifi to give statements or interviews, Tho Citta di • Milano will bring them home and afterwards return to King’s Bay to partiei'pate in farther searches.