A JOURNALIST’S ADVENTURES

Southland Times, Issue 22969, 15 August 1936, Page 7

A JOURNALIST’S ADVENTURES

AUSTRIAN’S THRILLING STORY (United Press Association.) Auckland, August 14. Rudolf Cerney, a young Austrian journalist, who is motor-cycling round the world for the second time in his life, told a thrilling story of adventure after his arrival by the Wanganella. A lieutenant in the Austrian Navy during the war, he commenced _to travel four years after the Armistice. When asked in Russia if he had served in the Austria), army he foolishly said “No.” The answer was true as the service had been in the navy, but when the Soviet Legation in Vienna reported that he had served in the war he was imprisoned in an internment camp at the edge of Siberia. . After nine months, with money given by a friend, he managed to bribe his way out and eventually reached his home. He set out again in 1934 and in Iraq fell into the hands of brigands and in China was captured for money. He saw China rent in twain by battles and floods. He predicts that Japan will go to war some time within 20 years, her Manchurian venture having failed and her increasing population needs somewhere to go.