BOY SCOUTS
DENMARK BANS UNIFORMS. (From Odb Own Correspondent.) LONDON, August 18. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, with 657 Scout and Guide officers, have left on a 17 days' cruise to Baltic countries. The liner Calgaric was specially chartered for the voyage. Denmark recently imposed a ban on the wearing of uniforms by persons 14 years and over. Lord' Baden-Powell intended that his party should visit Copenhapen, and he applied to the authorities to make an exception in the case of the Scouts. He was informed that this was impossible, but that the Scouts would bo allowed to land if they wore civilian clothes. Lord Baden-Powejl refused to accept this, and decided not to the Danish capital, stating that the Boy Scout organisation was not of a military nature, but existed to promote international goodwill. Asked if any settlement had been reached, Lord Baden-Powell said: "Denmark is not in our itinerary, and so the question does not arise. We now number 3,500,000 boys and girls in the movement, which has been taken up by 46 different countries." The Latvian Central Scout organisation arranged a great welcome for the party: The Scout authorities have appealed to all employers to grant a special holiday to Scouts, who number about 4840 in Latvia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22068, 26 September 1933, Page 9
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