DIGNIFIED STAND

Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1929, Page 1

DIGNIFIED STAND

OF GERMAN CONSUL. ,By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, June 11. With regard to the Press Association message from Auckland, stating that a meeting at Auckland convened iiy y|i- 10, Uanggutli, formerly Austrian Consul;' had carried a resolution that the German Consul for New Zealand should lie asked to withdraw his request that no civic reception he given in Auckland to the officers of the German cruiser “Emdon.” tho German Consul (Mr W. Penseler) states: “Possibly Mr Langgulh’s action is based on a misconception, because my action was not a request to cancel an existing arrangement, but a suggestion io anatidon, if deemed advisable, a reported proposal lor an arrangement.” The German Consul to-day received the following telegram from Auckland: “At a very representative general public meeting, held last night, the opinion was strongly voiced, and a resolution was passed unanimously, that a civic reception in Auckland should he insisted upon. 1 have been instructed to ask you to rescind your previous decision in this connection, and to ask you to wire me whether you will officially support our deputation asking the Mayor of Auckland for a civic reception. To this, Mr Penseler has replied as follows: “Received your telegram this evening. Please understand that my action was not a request to the Mayor of (Auckland to cancel any existing arrangement lor a civic reception, but a suggestion, if deemed advisable, to abandon a reported proposal for such an. arrangement. Existing conditions fully justified my action. I have no right in insisting officially upon the Mayor granting a civic reception, which function exceeds the usual courtesies. To k'g for favours would be undignified. Mv attitude is approved. Tlio just sense of New Zealand wilt assert itself against unfriendly or vacillating attitudes.