OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1929, Page 6

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

RIVAL LEADERS TO MEET, v (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, November 24. General Smuts, who commanded the British troops in East Africa during the war, will, on December 2nd, meet his 'former adversary, General von Lettow Vorbeck, who commanded the German troops in that sphere of operations. The occasion will be the East African campaign dinner. t Invitations to General Lettow to attend the dinner and meet General Smuts were proposed when General Smuts was in London in 1923 attending the Imperial Conference, but the plan fell through owing to General Smuts not having sufficient time before returning to South Africa. Several British officers who had been in the East African campaign were consulted by Captain Lloyd, who was the originator of the proposal, and they were not only unanimous, but enthusiastic in approving of sending an invitation to General Lettow. OPERATION ON PRINCE. RUGBY, November 23. An operation was performed in London yesterday, on the Crown Prince of Denmark, Prince Christian Frederick, who has been staying with the Danish Ambassador in London. He was stated last night to be doing well. The Crown Prince recently had tonsilitis, and it was for that complaint that the operation was carried out. Jt was performed at the Ambassador’s house by a well-known London surgeon.