<sod>In the 1930s he supported the League of Nations Union inside and outside the university.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230278908 |title=HITLER AND MUSSOLINI |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=7882 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 April 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He had the standing, prestige and fluency to gain interviews with [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]] in 1935. His views were widely reported: he found Hitler face to face idealistic, fanatical, dramatic but unsound; Mussolini more statesman-like.<ref name=HitlerMussolini>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17164461 |title=TWO DICTATORS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,347 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 April 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Goebbels]] he thought dangerous and cunning.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230319099 |title=Sees Fatal End Soon For Adolph Hitler |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=1643 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 September 1934 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He preferred to live in "our free and sane Australia."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218946128 |title=SEES FATAL END SOON FOR HITLER |newspaper=[[The Dalby Herald]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=2 October 1934 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He proposed a Club of International Culture be established in Sydney to break down misunderstanding between different cultures and to encourage a richer cultural development in Australia itself.<ref name=CultureClub>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17151159 |title=INTERNATIONAL CULTURE. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,332 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 March 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In this he was like his English friend and fellow camellia enthusiast Sir Henry Price, co-founder of the [[Royal Institute of International Affairs]] at that time for similar reasons.<ref name="Sotherby">{{cite web|title=Sotheby's to Sell [[Henry Price (tailor)|Sir Henry Price]] collection|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BID/0x0x103140/6489b267-e99d-445d-86e2-d71aeff6954d/20001005-24897.pdf|accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Price (C. japonica)|url=http://camellia.unipv.it/camelliadb2/dbwin.php?pippo=8380|website=Web Camellia Register|accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><eod>
<sod>In the 1930s he supported the League of Nations Union inside and outside the university.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230278908 |title=HITLER AND MUSSOLINI |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=7882 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 April 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He had the standing, prestige and fluency to gain interviews with [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]] in 1935. His views were widely reported: he found Hitler face to face idealistic, fanatical, dramatic but unsound; Mussolini more statesman-like.<ref name=HitlerMussolini>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17164461 |title=TWO DICTATORS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,347 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 April 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Goebbels]] he thought dangerous and cunning.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230319099 |title=Sees Fatal End Soon For Adolph Hitler |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=1643 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 September 1934 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He preferred to live in "our free and sane Australia."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218946128 |title=SEES FATAL END SOON FOR HITLER |newspaper=[[The Dalby Herald]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=2 October 1934 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He proposed a Club of International Culture be established in Sydney to break down misunderstanding between different cultures and to encourage a richer cultural development in Australia itself.<ref name=CultureClub>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17151159 |title=INTERNATIONAL CULTURE. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,332 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 March 1935 |accessdate=30 September 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In this he was like his English friend and fellow camellia enthusiast Sir Henry Price, co-founder of the [[Royal Institute of International Affairs]] at that time for similar reasons.<ref name="Sotherby">{{cite web|title=Sotheby's to Sell Sir Henry Price collection|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BID/0x0x103140/6489b267-e99d-445d-86e2-d71aeff6954d/20001005-24897.pdf|accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Henry Price (C. japonica)|url=http://camellia.unipv.it/camelliadb2/dbwin.php?pippo=8380|website=Web Camellia Register|accessdate=7 October 2016}}</ref><eod>