THE CHINA MAIL, JULY, 25, 1989.
PLOT TO BLOW UP PARLIAMENT REVEALED BY HOME SECRETARY
London, To-day. Details of I.R.A. terrorist activities were given by Sir Samuel Hoare, the Home Secretary, when he introduced the second reading of the Pre- vention of Violence Bill in the House of Com- mons yesterday. Sir Samuel revealed that the police had seized 1,500 sticks of gelignite, 1,000 detonators, two tons of potassium chlorate and oxide, one ton seven gallons of sulphuric acid and 400 cwt of aluminium power enough to cause a mil- lion pounds worth of damage and "the loss of at least a thousand men and women."
The fact that more lives were not lost, he said, was due to Providence and the courageous action of the police.
Sir Samuel said that time after Drastic action was necessary and time the police had been baulked the Bill must be passed quickly, but Government was prepared to con- by the absence of power to search
sider impartially any proposal to and control suspects whom they improve it, providing the final form were convinced were terrorist lead-gives executive and police effective powers to deal in a grave emergency which
ers.
He added that he had reliable in-with cases of suspicion in formation that the I.R.A. campaign legal proceedings were not applic- was being closely watched and able. actively stimulated by foreign or ganizations.
FOREIGN AID
Mr. Arthur Greenwood (Labour),
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Nothing was less likely than these for the Opposition, regretted cutrages to bring about the recon- events which called for new ciliation without which a united ecutive powers. He sympathised Ireland is impossible.
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with a kind of united Ireland but the minority had chosen a method which would defeat their object-- such action was completely indefen- sible and was repugnant to British ] public opinion.
Since January, there had been 127 outrages, of which 57 were in London and 70 in the provinces. He thought there was a serious Experience showed that the ter- danger of sabotage in factories rorism would be intensified, he went on, and if in August or September Britain was faced with war or an emergency, the danger of serious sabotage would be immeasurably time.
increased.
Sir Samuel Hoare" mentioned the preparation of a plan to blow up the House of Parliament and quot- ed from a "notorious plan" which aimed at organized terrorism from a general headquarters, particularly against Public Services.
He hoped the Bill would be only a necessary temporary measure, hence its currency was limited to
two years.
DRASTIC ACTION
A search warrant could only be obtained under the Bill if there was evidence to convince a Magis trate that the suspect had explo- sives or fire-arms in his possession. Emergency powers given the Superintendent of Police to make a search without a search warrant are based upon actual police ex- perience of the astuteness of rorists in rapidly changing sidences.
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manufacturing the means of de- fence and asked whether or not there was the probability that this technique might be used in
war-
Adverting to Sir Samuel Hoare's guarded reference to ""foreign ̈pow- ers," Mr. Greenwood said that if this be a veiled, indirect aggres- sion, the situation becomes even more serious.
ALARMING PROPOSALS Labourites would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, a*. though in some respects they were not satisfied with it. Some of its proposals were somewhat alarming.
They had had the experience of the Official Secrets Act being pass- ed for one purpose and later shame- fully used for other purposes.
He thought it wrong to give pow- era of detention without a charge being made in an unspecified period.
Sir Hugh O'Neill' (Conservative) declared that the Eire Government recently enacted more drastic legis lation than this Bill.
Mr. Dingle Foot (Liberal) ter-thought nobody could quarrel with re- the aim of the Bill but even the gravity of the circumstances could not altogether justify some provi- Bions.
He said that it removed guards for innocent personti. He said:
"Let us have an opportunity for an accused man to know what charges he has to meet and make his defence. Expulsion orders should come under periodical review.' Reuter
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