MR. DUFFY NOT EXPELLED: A BRITISH “FAKE” REPORT.

New Zealand Tablet, 18 November 1920, Page 28

MR. DUFFY NOT EXPELLED: A BRITISH “FAKE” REPORT.

It is now officially stated that Mr. Gavan Duffy has received no order of expulsion from France., * ' The Morning Pont Paris correspondent says that “no formal .order of expulsion has been issued.” According to Le Journal, Mr. Duffy, “being engaged m propaganda and manifestations which at any moment might become awkward for our own Government, has himself understood tlufb it would be difficult to prolong his stay in France.” men . Ihc r Ducts are, reports the Paris correspondent of the Da-' 1 !/ Herald, that Air. Duffy’s appeal to the French Premier on behalf of the Lord Mayor of Cork was widely published, and that “the British Embassy immediately asked the Government for Mr. Gavan Duffy’s expulsion, lo this M. All Hern ml refused to consent, but compromised by conveying to the Envoy a polite hint that his activities in Pans wore displeasing to Britain, and that a few Hays’ absence from Paris might smooth matters down. Air. Duffy took the hint and left for- Brussels. I ben a British news agency circulated a statement, obviously British-inspired, to the effect that he-had received 21 hours’ notice to quit Paris. This statement is now semi-official I v denied. Air. Duffy will return to Baris.” “The Bad Effect.” , . The Temps expresses a hope that the “explanations” (mat have been given will in some measure smooth down tlio had efleet produced by the original information in American circles, and oven in certain English circles, where conciliatory methods .are in favor. Captain AlacAVliite, who during Air. Duffy’s temporary absence, has taken charge of the Irish Office in Paris, is an Irishman who had had a most distinguished career in the French army, and received decorations. Ho was a member of the French Military Mission to tho United States.