GERMAN CRUISER’S VISIT
ATTITUDE OF CHRISTCHURCH Ri.S./A.
IV TEIiKOUAI’II I’RKSS ASSN., COI’VIUOUI
CHRISTCHURCH, May 31
“Un menu anti uueonsidercil” were the terms applied by the i’resiuent of iiie Liinsliliurcii iUturued Soldiers’ assoc. alien, Air li. A. Hayden, to a motion passed lasi night by a section ol Association members, respecting the impending visit of the German cruiser r.mdeii in New Zealand.
A meeting of the Standing Commitlee of the Association was held to.mv Alter the meeting Mr Hayden stated that men could light and if the .miit was (lean they could shake hands and be friends. If the fight was not clean and there had been collie hitting below tbe belt, handshakes need not be given, ' but the ordinary courtesies- ol die coukl be exchanged. 1 lie Germans had hit below the belt as it were, by the use of poison gas. but lie thought they cou.d st.i’il lie offered the ordinary courtesies. “We are of the opinion,” he concluded. “that ui lion based on last night’s motion would cause groat trouble, as it would kciop alive enmity which should be allowed to die.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1929, Page 6
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