Mr. Menon Says His Piece

Mr. S. P. A. Menon, Indian High Con missioner in Australia, was one of the numero[?] tribe of personages who visited Papua-N[?] Guinea in July. He is shown here addressipi the Methodist Men's Society in Rabaul. Duri[?] his stay in the Territory, Mr. Menon said th[?] India still supported Indonesia's claim to Dutd New Guinea "because it was part of t[?] former Dutch East India Empire and because India opposed colonialism generally". (On t[?] basis we presume that India would recogni[?] Indonesia's claim to some of the Dutch coloni[?] in the West Indies if Indonesia made therm Mr. Menon said that he was impressed by [?] hard work and conscientious devotion to du[?] of Administration officers but that the Admini[?] tration was moving more cautiously than othe might think necessary.