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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1921, Page 1

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KAISKK'S KNOI ISII.MAN. MK lIOKSTON C li AMBKLLAI V i.OSKS A I.KOAOV. LONDON, .1 idy 2SM I loldiito that lie was a Oei inna imtiniinl within tile mea ii i of \ !a* ’l’rea t y of IVace, Mr du.-ii i* B. (). k;u\rncc in |he Cham ery Divi>ion \oterday oranli'il a. deelaration that .Mr lloiision Sjewan (‘hamherlain Inal forfeit, d hiliic imerest in a settlement made Mv id’ uncle, the lale (General Sir t rawIo: 1 1 d’roller Chamberlain. It si a: id tLa : Mr 11. S. (ham M. idain was Inn n in Kn -laud on *<* M ■ l«4 * i U. 1!!“).*). lie was edlleated at ('!.. Ileuliam ('olM“j.e and N'ersailles. and i rom i io l!HM» lived in Vienna. Il»* afterwards went to (Germany, wheie he <livorei*d hi< liist wife, a (German lonelier of music, and in HHW married Kva, a. daughter of ItieMard \V;ii, r nßi, the composer. During the war he expressed anti-British views, and on August S. IBlti, he hecanu* a untur.nl-i-i ! (Geim.-in, havinir made up his mind lo adhere to the count r> ol his “adoplim and a fleet i< m" rather than the coiiiitry of his birth. lie is now li vinowit h his mni her-in-la w at Wahnl'ried. Bayreuth, Bavaria. On helm 11 of Mr Cliamhei lain it was a relied that la* could not ehaiits« his alleoiamv hy an illegal net and he was a Bi itish <td*ieet aei ordinp; to I'nelish law.

Mr .1 ustire Lawrence said that Air (’■l'amherlain had coieinit led a crime against the laws of this eountry, and if he ea me within tin* jurisdieiinn he was liahle to Ik* tried for treason. It was clear that, accordinu; to (German mimieipal law, lie was a (German national. If il were held otherwise it would mean that the expression (German national in D'e treaty would have one meanino in (Germany and another Known as the Kaiser’s “pel Kn«»lishman,’* Stewart (’hamherlain. son of a British admiral. was Morn dii years *a<;o at Smith-ea. lie was u;i\en the Iron (Moss with Whitt* I?*M Mon. “A nation of dissenihlors. I’oti_i.•: , liars, and elieats.” was one of D«'* se-ies of which la* bestowed upon Britain. When he addressed prison-Ts of war in (German internment camps lie was shouted down with r, Ms of “Tiirneotit" am! “Traitor.”