No Olympiad For Japan

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 39, 16 February 1938, Page 5

No Olympiad For Japan

A Belligerent Power HUNGARIAN'S OPINION United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. BUDAPEST, Feb. 13. 4i l believe that Japan, being a belligerent Power, will bo reft* 1 permission to organise the Olympiad by a secret ballot when the International Olympiac Council meets at Cairo, 91 said Dr. Kelemen, president of the Hungarian Sports Council. “If Japan is refused permission or intimates she is unable to hold the Games, Hungary will vote against an Olympiad in 1940, as the shortness of time will prevent another nation undertaking the organisation. JAPAN 4 ‘ ENTIRELY PEACEFUL ’ * “DISGRACE" TO BRITISH PEOPLE Received Tuesday, 8 p.m. TOKIO, Feb. 13. Attacking the Empire Games Association and the British Amateur Athletic Association, which are alleged to be leading the opposition to Japan's right to hold the 1940 Olympiad, the Miyako Shimbun declared that their action is disgracing British people. The newspaper adds that the boycott might be justified if Japan were in the battlefield; on the other hand, she is entirely peaceful. GAMES REFEREE ASKED TO RECONSIDER DECISION LA VERY'S HURDLES RECORD SYDNEY, FeK 15. The British Empire Games Federation decided at an emergency meeting to request the referee, Mr. Langford, to reconsider his ruling that the wind assisted Lavery (South Africa) in making his world record in the 120 yards hurdles.