Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1919 — CANADA WOULD BAR GERMANS [ARTICLE]

CANADA WOULD BAR GERMANS

Motion to Be Forwarded to La Federation Internationale de Football Association. Secretary E. Spencer of the Dominion Football association will send to the council for approval the following motion, and if satisfactory to Canadian soccer men it will be forwarded to Amsterdam, the headquarters of La Federation Internationale de Football association, and acted upon by several countries affiliated with the F. L F. A.: “Proposed by Hugh Craig Campbell, president Dominion of Canada Football association, that the membership of the German association,'governing soccer football.in Prussia and confederated states, with the Federation Internationale de Football association, be suspended for a period of five years, to date from January I—followingl—following cessation of hostilities.” In a statement, President Campbell said: “This motion, if carried by the supreme court of soccer football, means that Germany will be outride the pale, as far as soccer is concerned, for five years after the war is over. I consider this time short enough for their hands to be sufficiently cleaned for sport.”