CABLE MISCELLANY

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12612, 24 November 1926, Page 7

CABLE MISCELLANY

OLD FOES MEET AT DINNER BADEN-POWELL AND ELOFF Australian and NZ. Cable Association. A remarkable feature of the annual Mafeking dinner at Johannesburg was that both General Sir Robert BadenPowell, the defender, and Commandant Sarel Eloff, commander of the besieging forces during the siege of Mafeking, were present, and exchanged reminiscences. The United States Davis Cup Committee has voted to re-admit Germany to the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the Davis Cup competition next year. FIRM REPLY*TO LEAGUE * “The Times” says that the British reply to the League of Nations’ mandates questionnaire provides an example of common action. Sir Austen Chamberlain’s original emphatio disapproval of this inquisitorial document might have been a trifle impatient, and the language severe, but the whole of the Empire endorsed his attitnde, and it is to be hoped that nothing more will be heard of the matter. ••• ■ • Prince Henry has been operated on for removal of his tonsils. He is progressing favourably. • • • • The Empire Parliamentary delegation received an enthusiastic send-off on their departure from Fremantle for England. 1 “MAN *IN THE IRON* MASK” The French Government’s intention to sell Saint Margaret’s Isle, where the “Man in the Iron Mask” was imprisoned. has aroused intense opposition at Cannes, as it is a great attraction to tourists. The prisoner’s room is still shown, and it is feared that the isle may pass into the possession of an American millionaire.

The identity of the “Man in the Iron Mask” is a famous historical mystery. The person so called was a political prisoner under Louis XIV., and died in the Bastille in 1703.