The Archive · 1938

Invitation Refused By British Consul

Mr. Smallbones Objects to Posters on Streets

Berlin, Dec. 8.

The British Consul-General at Frankfurt-on-Main, Mr. Smalibones, today declined an invitation to an oficial function.

He said that he could not attend such functions while posters insulting the British Army were still pub-liely exhibited.

The posters mentioned show British soldiers firing machine-guns in Palestine, while the accompanying words allege that brutal acts of violence abound in the British Empire. These posters are being exhibited throughout Germany.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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