N.Z. Will Not Take Independent Action
[Special to “Northern Advocate ”l WELLINGTON, This Day. No independent action on the part of New Zealand by way of protest to .' Japan for the indignities reported to have been committed upon Mr Cecil t Davis is contemplated by the Govern- • ment, according to the Prime Minister, Mr Savage. Such'matters were handled by the Foreign Office on behalf of every unit of the British Commonwealth of Na--1 tions, said Mr Savage. While a protest from New Zealand might be well received within the Dominion if published here, it might easily cause unwelcome complications. Mr. Savage said it was not usual for any of the Dominions to act independently in cases of this kind, as the Foreign Office was equally concerned whether the victim was a New Zealander, an Englishman or a citizen of any other part of the British Commonwealth. Since the Foreign Office would automatically deal with the situation that had arisen in respect of Mr. Davis, New Zealand had not protested either- through the Foreign Office to Japan or to the consul for Japan in the Dominion.
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1939, Page 7
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