THE NEXT OLYMPIAD
HOLLAND’S OBJECTIONS. BASED ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS. Preu Aiiociation —By Telegraph Copyright. THE HAGUE, May 8. Owing to the Chamber’s decision the Dutch Olympic Committee is most embarrassed. It may be forced to announce that Holland will be unable to organise the Olympiad in 192 d. The Chamber s decision was reached after an acrimonious debate The Minister of Education pleaded that it would be a reflection m the world’s eyes if Holland refused to have the games. The opposition to -he sanies came from a considerable group of Conservatives, who based their objections on religious grounds, contending that sporting demonstrations encouraged loose living and immorality, and that it also entailed a, lot of Sabbath breaking. Tho newspaper Handelsblad says the matter will not be allowed to rest where it is. Tho town councillors are backing up the sporting and other bodies in appeals for the establishment of a fund in order not to jeopardise the holding of the Olympiad as planned.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
SPORTING WORLD SHOCKED. LONDON, May 8. The Daily Mail says: The porting world is shocked a.t Holland’s reusal to organise the Olympiad on the ground that sporting demonstrations encourage loose living '’and immorality.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19476, 11 May 1925, Page 11
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