WHAT EUROPE HAS SAID

Southland Times, Issue 22472, 7 November 1934, Page 6

WHAT EUROPE HAS SAID

During September in Europe there was a good deal of comment on the state of the Saar problem and on the guarantee by the Three Powers of Austria’s independence with the problems which that guarantee raises:— The most important feature of the session of the Council was the intervention of M. Barthou in the Saar debate. The French Foreign Minister said that it was necessary for the Saarlanders to have a clear, loyally defined idea of what they had to choose between. It is certain that the third possible solution of the status quo will be conceived properly by the Saarlanders only in the degree in which the League of Nations will make definite what the status quo means. . . . When the League Council meets again in November all the problems to which the plebiscite gives rise, ought to be defined in such a way that no equivocation or dispute is possible, and that the Saarlander is enabled conscientiously to vote for a solution on which he has long been able to ponder.—Temps. The Council listened to a speech of very “high politics” from M. Barthou which was extremely mild in form, but between the lines of which were pinpricks in the usual Barthou manner. ... He asserted how much he hoped that things would never go so far as to make French intervention necessary. But the main portion of his speech was devoted to the recommendation that the League of Nations should at once proceed to work out an autonomous constitution for the Saar, although the Saarlanders know very well for what they will vote on January 13— annexation to France or return to Germany. But it is only fair, according to M. Barthou, that the status quo (for which the Saarlander may vote) should be clearly defined. What a curious contradiction! As if it had not been sufficiently defined after fifteen years.—Frankfurter Zeitung.

Austria’s Future. The renewal of the Three-Power declaration is merely one step, the step which at the moment it was not necessary to take. It was urgent that Berlin should understand now that neither Britain nor Italy nor France would tolerate a German — Austrian union. That was done, but is still quite insufficient. Still, if the difficulties in the way are realized, it will also be realized that the results thus gained give one good hopes of obtaining better results later on. The solution, possibly, will not be found in Geneva; it may be found in Rome, and M. Barthou’s mission there is of an exceptionally important character. He goes with good auspices. When he asked Baron Alois! yesterday, “What sort of weather is it in Rome?” the French Foreign Minister received the reply, “It will always be fine for you.”— Jean Thouvenin in the Intransigeant.

The Little Entente. The antinomy Italy-Little Entente still exists in face of the Hitlerite offensive in Austria. It has not been solved. Without coming to an agreement with the Little Entente, Italy can still if emergency arises avert a catastrophe. But as the states of the Little Entente will not have an Italian hegemony in Central Europe, even if this is the only price at which it can avoid a German hegemony, the possibilities of conflict still exist, and even the possibility of a Hitlerite victory as a result of the dissensions of Germany’s opponents. This is. a powerful encouragement to panGermanism. . . . Much is said of the disagreements among the Little Entente States. All the rumours are untrue. There are certain differences in tactics and attitude. . . but the Little Entente has none the less asserted its diplomatic unity.—“Pertinax” in the Echo de Paris.

Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist issued the following information: —A fairly intense anti-cyclone now covers New Zealand. Pressure is still relatively low to the northwards and is falling over south-eastern Australia. Forecast:—Winds: Light to moderate easterly to south-easterly over the North Island, and variable over the South Island; northerlies setting in from to-morrow from Cook Strait southwards, and later freshening. Seas: New Zealand water rather rough north of East Cape, and elsewhere smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate easterly winds at first in the northern portion, otherwise northerlies prevailing, and freshening in the southern portion; seas smooth to moderate. Weather: Some light rain probable in the far north, but fair to fine generally; later, showers developing in the far south and South Westland. Temperatures gradually rising.

A settlement was arrived at between the litigants in the civil case in which Arthur Bower MacKenzie (Mr Eustace Russell) claimed to recover from Henry Adolph Helms (Mr B. W. Hewat) the sum of £1690 14/9 damages in connection with a mptor accident. Consequently, the attention of his Honour Mr Justice Kennedy and a common jury was not required in the Supreme Court yesterday when the case was called.

In the Supreme Court yesterday, Charles Martin Todd ' (Mr Gordon Reed) and Cecil Lawrence Gilbertson (Mr Eustace Russell), former employees in the offices of the Southland County Council, pleaded guilty to charges of stealing the sum of £4 8/9 while employed as servants of the Southland Cpunty Council and of forging four pay-sheets. The prisoners, who had previously pleaded not guilty, were remanded in custody for sentence until 10 o’clock to-day.

Arrangements are being made by a billeting committee to ensure suitable accommodation for country visitors to Invercargill for the Royal Show next month, and a preliminary meeting was held yesterday morning. A further meeting, at which more definite arrangements will be made, will be held next Monday morning.

A good attendance of members was present at the monthly meeting of the Sixpenny Clothing Club on Monday. A donation of £1 was received from Mr Ernest Tapper, of Clyde. It was decided to close down for this year and the committee will meet again previous to the schools reopening to consider applications from any who are in need of clothes and footwear to send their children back to school.

That there are more New Zealanders permanently quitting the Dominion than there are immigrants coming to make a home here, is revealed in the Abstract of Statistics for October. Arrivals in New Zealand intending permanent residence totalled 160 in September, while New Zealand residents numbering 218 departed permanently. During the expired six months of the fiscal year, residents departing permanently exceeded arrivals intending permanent residence by 979.

The annual reunion of the Gore Returned Soldiers’ Association held on or as near as possible to Armistice Day is one of the most popular ex-service-men’s gatherings in Southland and is attended by returned soldiers from all parts of Southland and Otago. In view of the attendance exceeding 300 last year, the Theatre Royal has been engaged for this year’s reunion, which will be held on Saturday evening. .An invitation is extended to all ex-service-men to be present.

A narrow escape from drowning was experienced last Thursday morning by Miss Mary Bridger, aged 18, when she walked out on a springboard on the wharf at Whangarei to observe a school of kawhai in the river (states the New Zealand Herald). Without warning the springboard tilted, the fastenings having become loose, and Miss Bridger fell in the river, which is very deep at this point. Hampered by her clothes, Miss Bridger was in danger of being drowned, when her brother, Mr Roy Bridger, noticing her plight, dived in and rescued her.

Legal argument was addressed to his Honour Mr Justice Kennedy in the Supreme Court yesterday in the case in which Shiels, Jenkins and Company, Limited (Mr B. W. Hewat) moved against Thomas Shiels (Mr H. J..Macalister) for the adoption of portion of the registrar’s report, and for an order that judgment be entered for the plaintiff for £223 12/4 as damages and that the defendant should deliver up or destroy all articles in his possession constructed in alleged infringement of Letters Patent No. 41944. His Honoui reserved his judgment.

Since John Christie Spence was convicted of rape and sentenced at Dunedin a week ago to seven years imprisonment with hard labour and fifteen strokes with the “cat,’’ the solicitors who acted for the prisoner have lodged an application with the Registrar of the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal against the sentence. Considerable correspondence has appeared in the Dunedin newspapers relevant to the alleged severity of the Court, and the solicitors in question advised the Star yesterday afternoon that the fact that the application which they had made was pending had the effect of suspending such part of the sentence as related to the flogging.

The Railway Department has introduced another innovation which should prove most popular with the travelling public and encourage rail travel. Commencing next Saturday special cheap week-end tickets will be issued from Invercargill to Dunedin and intermediate stations and vice versa. Full particulars are advertised in this issue.— Advt. If anything will do for you, buy anything; but if you want the best, buy “DEWAR’S WHISKY.”—Advt. Every article in our stock reduced during our 21-day Extension of Business Sale. Wicks’ Ltd., Drapers, Dee Street.—Advt. A XMAS SUGGESTION. Your friends will appreciate a gift of famous Tiger Tea packed in the new handsome gift tins. These new oblong tins are attractively painted, have curled edges, and when empty are ideal for sandwiches and cakes. From all grocers. —Advt.

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