SAAR EPISODE.
IMPROVED FEELING.
HEAD OF POLICE RESIGNS. SAARBBUOKEN, Deo. 18. Major Helmsley has resigned hit position as head of the Saar police. Feeling that the Justice incident ha» shaken the Saar faith in the Inteimatipnal polioe he Is sacrificing himself to restore it. Major Hennessey, a member of the personal staff of the president of the Governing Commission, Mr. Geoffrey Knox, has replaced Major Helmsley, who declares his resignation was not requested. The Saarlanders’ feelings have abated and they are more cheerfully awaiting the influx of British troops of whom 40 already have arrived in order to prepare a canteen. The Justice case will be heard In the local Police Court. PARIS, Deo. 18.
Two contingents of British troops for the Saar, comprising nearly 400 officers and men, were welcomed at the quayside at Calais by a company of French soldiers and enthusiastic crowds. The scene recalled those of 1914. ■
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19455, 20 December 1934, Page 9
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