LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEFIED.
ENGLISHWOMAN'S HOME IS HER CASTLE. ~ (Sun Special.) GENEVA, Sept. 25. Mrs Barton, the esteemed English philanthropist, is defying the might of the League of Nations by refusing to sell the piece of ground required for the new headquarters. The site originally ear-marked was sufficient for the original plans, but Mr John D. Rockefeller's offer of a magnificent library has made the acquisition of Mrs Barton's property unavoidable. Every kind of blandishment has unavailingly been employed. Only her past generosity—she gave the Victoria Hall to Geneva—has prevented the town's expropriation of the territory, over which flies a large Union Jack. Experls ar, now considering a new building scheme.
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Shannon News, 2 October 1928, Page 2
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111LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEFIED. Shannon News, 2 October 1928, Page 2
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