DESERTER FROM LEGION
FRANCE GRANTS PARDON British Wireless —Press Assn Copyright RUGBY, Monday. In the House of Commons the Secretary of State lor Foreign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamberlain, was asked whether his attention had been called to the statement that John Harvey, of Cardiff, who was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years for deserting from the French Foreign Legion, and who had been released by the French Government on the appeal of the British Government, was to be sent back to the Legion to complete his unexpired term of service. Sir Austen replied that, according to his information, the statement referred to was incorrect. Harvey would be released from his military obligations as soon as the usual formalities in connection with his discharge had been completed. Sir Austen again expressed the thanks of the British Government to the French Government for its act of courtesy and said; "I may add that an Englishman who vo.untarily joins the Foreign Legion, which is under another jurisdiction, cannot expect that this Government can interfere.” —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 233, 21 December 1927, Page 9
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174DESERTER FROM LEGION Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 233, 21 December 1927, Page 9
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