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had been supplemented by the Monday night's lull in
Treachery
the Act imposing
death penalty for acts of espion air raids on Britain may
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by numerous provisions in
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Detailed provisions for the es-
the
much-
Defence Regulations relating to threatened blitzkreig, and signalling and communicating with enemy agents and spread- informed British circles ing false reports.
deprecate any attempt to tablishment of the courts would further the Nazi game by be made by the Defence Regula- talking about the blitz- Anderson was explaining ought tions to be laid before Parliament, to be in the Bill laid before the and members would then have an kreig as though it was not
Jopportunity of
berg, who generally contended
that the detalls which Sir John
House.
examining the going to come off.
em-
Sir John Anderson replied there scheme in detail.
Sir John Anderson again
Hitler, they point out, has been was a very great urgency in the] matter. There was a great deal phasised there was no intention delaying it until his re-organiza- and it will to be said for preserving the of setting up these special courts tion is completed,
situation was until a critical .element of flexibility which
come as soon as he is ready. arose Any ultimatum (which, Italian, secured by dealing with the mat-calling for special means of deal- ter by regulation.
ing swiftly with offences by civi-quarters hinted,
Second Reading
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would imme¬ diately precede the blitzkreig) is foredoomed to failure, say these
circles.Havas,
Dropped Off Badly
Replying to questions, Sir John said the decision whether the mill- The House of Commons yester-tary situation was such as to re- day gave a second reading to the quire the institution of special Emergency Powers (Defence) Bill courts would be taken by a civi-
German 'planes Attorney-General, Sirlian authority, presumably the after the Donald Somervell, replying to the Home Secretary. debate, said there was nothing in the Bill to limit the common law powers generally referred to as
martial law.
An Undertaking
on
Monday night dropped off badly in their raids on Britain.
One German 'plane appeared over the north-east coast and caused a little damage and a few In the course of the debate, in minor casualties. There are re- The problem with which the which Mr. Lees-Smith (Labour) ports of some more Bill sought to deal did not arise and Mr. F. Kingsley Griffith (Least England, but that is all.
over north- In the, immediate battle zone beral) contended the Bill was far but might arise as the after-too vague to be accepted in its "T
Reuter. math of invasion when there present form, Mr. Hore-Bellsha
might sti!! be parties of the said the Home Secretary had in- DUKE AND DUCHESS
enemy about,
troduced the Bill as a measure to
It was important that the protect civilians from harsh mill- population should not impede tary procedure.
operations and realise that certain offences might carry very heavy penalties, and it was necessary that penalties should be impose immediately,
He added the military authorl- tles themselves desired that there should be courts of the kind men- tloned in the Bill-Reuter.
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OF WINDSOR TO FLY ATLANTIC
of
The Bill did exactly the re- veruo.. If- the- measure -was al- lowed to pass through the House in its present form, they would hand over to- the -executive thei 'The Duke - and Duchess most extreme powers without Windsor have booked passage in any of the safeguards, mention-London by the Clipper to New ed.
York, and are expected to fly After further criticism from a from New York to the Bahamas Labour member, Sir John said he by special plane immediately on was willing to give an undertak- arrival..
No Jury Or Appeal
ing that words would be intro- Their passport has been vised "There would be no jury and no
duced into the Bill making, it by the American consulate in appeal from the decision of the quite clear that the kind of court Lisbon but no definite date has Court which would be empower- ed to impose any sentence author-set up under it must be civillan. been fixed for their departure. It
ised by law, including the death penalty, for any offence for which the law authorised capital pun- *-ishment?
Sir John further mentioned that
-Reuter.
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G.C.M.G. FOR SIR RONALD CAMPBELL,
if extensive looting should take place; or if there should be up- Award of the Grand- Cross - of] prehension of extensive looting in St. Michael and St. George to the war zone, it would obviously Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, until
is reported, however, they will leave this week..
The Duke of Windsor was ré- cently appointed Governor of the |Bahamas-Reuter.
U.S. COAL MINE- EXPLOSION
as a
be necessary to inflict most dras- recently British Ambassador in Sixty-one Ilves were lost tic penalties.
Paris, was announced in the result of an explosion in a cool- It was proposed--not under London Gazette last night. mine at Sonman, Pennsylvania, -the-Bill-to provide by defence 'Reuter,
yesterday," anys a Reuter cable.
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