BOOTH AND FAMILY DISCUSS NEXT MOVE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 37, 15 February 1929, Page 5

BOOTH AND FAMILY DISCUSS NEXT MOVE

UNPERTURBED AT SECOND DEPOSITION 1 STILL HAS CONTROL OF ARMY FUNDS MENTAL VIGOUR UNIMPAIRED. (Received 9.10 a.in.) LONDON. 'FdbrmMy. General Brain,well Booth faced his second deposition serenely and quite unperturbed. He received many telegrams of condolence and encouragement and is now discussing the next movo with his wife and daughter and other members of the family. He expected to meet his legal advisers on Friday. The important fact is ■ that, lie ia .still (trusted n'iljh tho Army funds wliich thus remain in his con-

trol. Intellectually General Booth la stated to be as vigorous as ever. Apart from the crisis he has continued dictating his memoirs, but his physical strength is poor. It is likely Commissioner Hlggens will appoint Commissioner Lamb as his chief of staff. INSTITUTION OF REFORMS. NEW GENERAL’S INTENTIONS. > (Received 11.5 a.m.) > ~' l * LONDON, 'February 14. 1 Outlining his plans, General Higgins states it will be necessary sooner or later to; meet General Booth in order to transfer the’ trusteeship. '

if General Booth: is unwilling to the (transfer legal action will be inevitable. Higgins intends to ap-point-two commissions in order to institute reforms. One will investigate the method of appointing future generals and the tother will consider the all-important question of trusteeship, it having been decided that the business side will no longer he vested in one man. The suggestion that America desires control of the Army is absolutely unfounded. The commissioners there sent messages of love and affection to General Booth, and there is no illjfieejing}. (Jommhnder Booth assured the General of the united support tof the Armfy in America. —Australian Press Assn.