HELIGOLAND’S FUTURE.
CLAIM FOR INDEPENDENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 9. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle reports that the Heligolanders intend to- appeal to the League of Nations for independence. They memorised the German public stating that conditions were satisfactory until th© British handed the islands over to Germany, then they were unhappy. When the Islanders returned after the armistice, they found conditions were unhappier still. Their homes were spoiled and their industriee ruined. New taxation was introduced and the German police and workmen had arrived, importing chaos.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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90HELIGOLAND’S FUTURE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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