COLOGNE EVACUATION.
lIRIMMOT’S DOWNFALL PREDICTED. [Beutkrs Telegrams.] ( PA IMS, December 29. . Tl ' e • s l , octacular but fruitless search in the offices of “l.e Eclair” won followed by tlie decision of the Govcniliient. to prosecute “1.0 Eclair” for dis. •■losing secret documents of importance to tlio nationnl defence. 'I lie annoiiii'cment raised n storm of protest on the purl of almost the entire press. Al. Maleehe, President of the I’aris Press Association wrote to the Premier protesting against his flagrant :.t----taelc on, the freedom of the press. At. Ilerriot replying that journalistic indiscretions have several times hindered diplomatic negotiations, lie stated that “he Kelair’s" publication of the abridged memorandum of the Chequers Court meeting involved both M. TferJ'iot and Afr .McDonald, while General Nollet's report which was an especially confidential document was published without the consent of the Allied Govermnents. The opposition, newspapers prophesy the prosecution will mark the downfall of the Iferriot Government*.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1924, Page 3
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154COLOGNE EVACUATION. Hokitika Guardian, 30 December 1924, Page 3
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