INNOCENT MIGHT SUFFER.
AIISSION’S PROTEST. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, September 4. Rev. J. Burton, general secretary of Methodist Foreign Missions, has telegraphed a protest to the Prime Minister (Mr Lyons) against the proposed punitive expedition in Arnhem Land. Mr Burton fears that the innocent might suffer with the guilty. TO PLEASE JAPAN. LONDON, September 4. The Daily Herald gives prominence to the Brisbane message under the heading, ‘ ‘Australian punitive expedition to please Japan,” and states: ‘ ‘Fear of trouble with Japan may force the Commonwealth on Monday to sanction an expedition against natives in Arnhem Land, which would involve much bloodshed. Apparently the Government has not the courage to -tell Japan it can only protect Japanese who observe the law.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12440, 5 September 1933, Page 5
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