PROPAGANDA AT GENEVA
NAVAL INQUIRY IN StXTKS SECRET DOCUMENT FOUNDp DECLARED TO BE FORGERY - Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—-CopyT»g»d« Australian. Press Association. Received Oct. 2, 11.520 v p.m. Uniled'.Service.. ■' VWashington, Oct. 2. . Photostatic > copies«. of . .what pur- - ported to be a secret British:document • was given to .the/ Senate by William Shearer . at-the. examination into liis-activities on behalf ..of the American '. shipbuilders at the' Geneva naval limitations conference. " ’ • Senator. Allen questioned the authenticity of 'the so-called British paper. / Shearer said the document was signed by Sir William.AViseman whoj he claimed, was head ot the British secret sexvice in the United States during the war. ; - . 1 ■' -■■ " Later, a telegram from Sir WilliamWisehian, describing the document •as a clumsy, absurd forgery, was received by the chairman of the committee, Senator Short-ridge.'
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19291003.2.80
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1929, Page 11
Word Count
126PROPAGANDA AT GENEVA Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1929, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in