Saar Plebiscite

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19463, 31 December 1934, Page 7

Saar Plebiscite

INTERNATIONAL FORCE. ADDRESS BY COMMANDANT. BRITISH CONTINGENT COMPLETES ~ \ 1 (Official Wireless.) , (Received Dec. 31, 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, Dec. 30. ‘ The Commander-in-Chief of th# Saar .International Force, General Blind, at an informal reception of representatives of the British Press at Saarbrucken, stressed the peaceful mission of the force, and the desire that its presence should incommode the local population as little as possible. He said he aimed to establish cordial relations with the Saar authorities and civil population, as well as between sections of the .International Force itself, and was most satisfied with the progress already achieved.

General headquarters of the force are gratified by the successful arrangements of the governing commission made to accommodate the troops at short notice in the congested Saar y area. . - 1

'An armoured car squadron of the 12th Lancers, the famous British Cavalry Regiment which was mechanised some time ago, will* leave Salisbury Plain on Monday for the Saar and proceed to Saarbrucken from Calais by road. The British Saar contingent will then be completed. Their departure was delayed to allow the men to spend Christmas at home after long service abroad. ~ ;

UPROAR AT A MEETING. POLICE (INTERVENE. ■ ; FIGHT AMONGST AUDIENCE. ' United Press Assr.—Elec. Tel. Copyright \ (Received Dec. 31, 12.45 p.m.)'i . : : "" SAARBRUCKEN, Dec. 30. The calm hitherto prevailing in th® Saar was broken at Pliesscastel, where an indoor meeting of the Catho- . lie Front was broken up by the police commanded by Major Bentinck, after a fight among the audience, in Which L ohairs were used., as weapons. Herr Imbush, an ex-deputy of the ■ Reichstag, who was the chief speaker was’ sent to the hospital suffering from head wounds. The police arrested a man who Is alleged to have, fired a revolver starting the fracas. .