Visits Papua

Mr. William Telling

Overseas League Writer Visits Papua

From Our Own Correspondent.

Pt. Moresby, April 14.

THE well-known English commentator on European affairs, Mr. William Teeling, recently visited Papua during his tour of the Empire. Much of Mr. Teel ing’s writings on international conditions and economics has appeared in the Lon don “Times” and the “New York Times.”

As official representative of the Overseas League, England, he came to Papua to create interest in the League and make contact with its members.

In a public address at Port Moresby, he gave his impressions of a recent journey through the Saar (Germany), Italy and France. He spoke of Germany and the Hitler regime, of England’s attitude to wards the German leader’s industrial ex periments, and of the grave problem of unemployment in Great Britain. It was one of the aims of the Overseas League, he said, to create friendly feeling between England and Germany.

Before leaving Papua, Mr. Teeling made

a tour of the Eastern and North-Eastern coasts of Papua in the Government yacht Laurabada, as the guest of Sir Hubert Murray.

A branch of the Overseas League was formed in Papua in 1917, with Mr. Stan ley A. Greenland as secretary. During late years, however, interest in it had waned. Now that interest has been re vived as a result of Mr. Teeling’s visit, Mr. Greenland hopes that the branch will again flourish.