LEAGUE OF NATIONS
LONDON, August 10. ! Air Massey states that Sir James Allen will probably represent New Zealand at : the Leaj pie of Natious’s meeting. | APPEAL FOR INDEPENDENCE. LONDON, August 9. Tlie Daily Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent- reports that ITeligolandete intend to appeal to the League of Nations for independence. They have memorialised the German public, stating that conditions were satisfactory until the British handed the islands over to Germany, and then they were unhappy. When the islanders returned after the armistice they found the conditions tmhappier still. Their homes were spoiled, and ind-ustries were ruined. New taxation had been introduced, and the German police and workmen had arrived, adding chaos to the situaI tion. MR MEIGHEN’S VIEWS. OTTAWA, August 8. Air Meighen has arrived at Halifax. He stated: “You cannot- in these days have peace unless you have at least a substantial peace in* Europe. The influence of | British statesmen in the councils of the ! world is greater because the dominions and ' India are within the Empire, and because - Great Britain reflects, or wants lo reflect, their views as well as her own.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3518, 16 August 1921, Page 21
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183LEAGUE OF NATIONS Otago Witness, Issue 3518, 16 August 1921, Page 21
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