The Prince’s Visit.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1922, Page 3

The Prince’s Visit.

NOW nearing the end.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) DELHI, March 9. The visit of the Prince to Rawalpindi the headquarters of the Northern Ar* my was the last important function Of the four months tour. He arrived after spending the greater part of the day at Taxila, an early Buddhist settlement. lb-morrow he will present the Victoria Cross to a Sikh private for bravery in Wziristan. He leaves Tindi on Saturday and stops on Sunday at. Kapurthala. He spends three hours on Monday at Dehradun and then ff- at Giyranla, arriving at Karachi on

the seventeenth. He embarks on the H.M.’S. Renown, arriving at Colombo on the 21st. He had an unusually interesting time at Malakand yesterday. A twenty-four hours truce was declared in honour of tho visit, by the warnring tribes of Dir an<l Swat, lwth tribesmen coming in to see liirn, the Dir tribesmen having to pass through gwat territory. The Prince climbed to the top of the last British outpost overlooking the Independent territory and saw the rival towers in Swat and Dir, which is the centre of a present local war. The truce expired after the departure of the Prince, leaving the representatives of Dir confronted with ! the difficult problem of returning to : their fort afely through enemy country. ' :

THE INDIA INDISCRETION

THE ‘“TIMES” COMMENT,

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.)

LONDON, March 10. “The Times” in a leader, stated Hon Montague’s resignation will cause no regret, but the harm done to national and imperial interests is so far reaching that it is necessary to takerurgent steps to prevent the spread and persuade Indian opinion that the resignation does not indicate any weakening of the Imperial Governments efforts to secure the fullest and most favourable treatment of Mahommedan aspirations. Similarly, no pains should /■be spared to make plain Britain’s position regarding the Near East, during the forthcoming negotiations with our Allies, and what remedial steps shall be taken. The lack of eo-ordina-tion in the Government remains the chief cause, which made Montague’s 'conduct possible. The Government must give some proof of its power to deal coherently and firmly with great Imperial issues, or give place to some administration less dangerously divided . against itself.

German Royal Scandal

A PRINCESS’S CONFESSIONS. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. (Received This Day at 9.5 a.m.) BERLIN, March 10. Details of a remarkable Hohemsollern family scandal were aired at Potsdam, where Princess Eitel Frederick, wife of the ex-Kaiser’s second son, was cited as co-respondent by Baroness Platen berg. The Prinetess confessed she knew the Baron who was a guards officer intimately, many years ago, when both were unmarried. She added that our relations continued even after my marriage to the Kaisier’s son. My husband knew

everything. The judge asked the Princess, whose haughty manner aroused the Republican epurt to anger, jvhether the statements were true. She replied—l swear it with the greatest possible pleasure. The Baroness gave evidence that immediately after her marriage*Frederich telephoned for Platenberg who left her and went to the Princess’s Berlin residence.