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Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1924, Page 3

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Australian and n.z. cable association. AMERICAN FEELING. NEW YORK, February 8. Tlio failure of the German Embassy t> participate iu national mourning f'V .Mr Wilson has lessened the chance of a successlul flotation of a loan to rehabilitate < Germany. International hankers believe it is also retarding .seriously tbe eiforts to provide credit for food shipments to Germany. Hankers sav they ate keeping their minds open tor possible later explanations from tb’ German Government. NOTED WOMAN’S DEATH. LONDON, Fob. 7. .Madame Sorgie, a Continental syndicalist nicknamed "Madame Trouble" and described as the most dangerous woman in Eutope, died from a heart attack while undressing in a London hotel. She was visiting London for the pur-po-e nt interviewing Mr .MacDonald and Mr l.lnyd George for a Belgian newspaper. She was the daughter of a Kivnel’ scientist and the grand-daughter of a Russian General. She is reported lo have declared: — "1 adore revolution! I have devoted my life, to the fomentation of trouble. She boasted that she bad led o2 strikes, ‘'he was repeatedlv imprisoned in various countries. She was acquitted on a charge of advocating the assassination of King Victor. She marched at the head of London women hunger sfrikeis in liillf. She also delivered a revolutionary oration a t KL>r, nee, but during wartime, she tinned a patriot, and she assisted tbe Franeo-Belgian Bed Cross. She always wore a red blouse with a rosette, d she smok ’d cigarettes eonfiiiunnDy.