WORK IN SAAR
SIR*: GEOFFREY KNOX HOLIDAY IN SWITZERLAND LONDON, March 12 Sir Geoffrey Knox, who has completed his work as chairman of the Governing Commission of the Saar, is taking three months' leave in Switzerland before returning to the diplomatic service. In a leading article the Times says Germany and Franco have shown the greatest forbearance over the Saar, 'but the League of Nations also deserves credit for the unprecedented experiment successfully carried out by Sir Geoffrey. , * The paper proceeds: " Sir Geoffrey displayed great efficiency, power of decision, with judgment and foresight, and unflinching courage in the face of personal risk. The diplomatic part of the transfer has been equally well accomplished. Baroij Aloisi and his colleagues on tihe committee which arranged the transfer hope that the German administration will maintain the high standard of tho past 15 years of international control.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22065, 22 March 1935, Page 11
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143WORK IN SAAR New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22065, 22 March 1935, Page 11
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