SYDNEY SENSATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 14 November 1934, Page 5

SYDNEY SENSATION

PROHIBITED FROM LANDING FOREIGN AUTHOR JUMPS FROM: SHIP (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) MELBOURNE. 13th November. When tlie liner Strathaird was leaving for Sydney to-day Herr Egoa Edwin Kiscli, the Czechoslovakian author and novelist, jumped overboard and landed on the wharf, spraining his ankle.- He was immediately escorted back to the ship by two detectives. Herr Kisch pro" tested, say'ing that lie . could be arrested, but not returned to the ship. . Many s of his friends took paid ill the protest, \ causing a sensation. It is also reportedthat a number of Communists incited Kisch to leap to the wharf. Earlier in the day the Chief Justice, Sir William Irvine, dealt with the application on Kisch’s behalf, calling upon Captain Carter, master of the •’Straith-/ ail'd, to show cause for his detention. - The application was dismissed onv'the ground that he was an alien and had no right whatever to claim admittance to" - the Commonwealth. - Customs officers refused to allow a* Straithaird passenger, Egoa Edivin Kiscli, author and journalist, to land at Perth. Kisch, who is a Czechoslovakian, had arranged a lecture tour in Australia and had intended to represent the International Committee. Against War and Fascism at the congress, in ..Melbourne. ■ •