KING OF BELGIANS
COMPLAINT OF GRAVE INJUSTICE. POINTS FROM LIBEL ACTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Consul-General of Belgium. M. Armand Nihotte, has received from M. Spaak, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs in London, supplementary information in connection witli the libel action brought by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes against "Daily Mirror" Newspapers, Ltd. The "Daily Mirror," on May 30. 1940. published an attack against King Leopold and Sir Roger, who during the Belgian campaign was special liaison officer with the Belgian Sovereign. Apart from expressing regrets to Sir Roger, counsel for the "Daily Mirror" declared:— (1) That it was now clear that the attitude of Sir Roger Keyes in defending King Leopold had been fully justified. (2) That it was also plain that a grave injustice had been committed against King Leopold. (3) And that they ("Daily Mirror" Newspapers, Ltd.), therefore wished to tender to King Leopold their most sincere and respectful apologies. In bis summing-up Mr Justice Tucker declared that, contrary to custom, this legal action against a newspaper had fulfilled a useful purpose in evoking truly satisfactory statements.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1941, Page 7
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