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M. P. Says Anderson
Has 'Goebbels' Power
THERE WAS A SHARP FIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OVER THE DEFENCE REGULATION WHICH GIVES THE HOME SECRETARY POWER TO SUPPRESS ANY NEWSPAPER.
Ho, may do so without any reference to a court or to Parliament if, in his opinion, it has systematically published matter calculated to promote opposition to the war.
Sir John Anderson dug his heels in and declared that so long as he was Home, Secretary he would not shrink from these powers which, in ordinary times, he said, he would view with repugnance.
Mr. S. S. Silverman (Lab., Nelson and Colne) raised the matter by moving for the an- nulment of Regulation "2 d.”
One-Man Decision
He asserted that the regulation Rave the Home Secretary "complete power over the whole Press of this country, and places him in a posi tlon no whit inferior to that occu
pied by Dr. Goebbels in Germany in the matter of control of news papers."
Commander Klug Hall (Nai, Lab,
man Ormskirk) did not see why one should have the power of decision on what is or is not prejudicial to) the successful prosecution of the war.
Mr. Glenvil Hall (Lab, Colne! Valley) declared that suspicions existed in the minds of many people! that liberties of people were beings Improperly handed over to the Home S-cretary.
Forbidden City Sends
Gifts To The Fleet
THREE HUNDRED pounds of special wool are on their way from the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet, to be made into thick socks for British sailors on war patrol in the North Sea,
HUSBANDS
COOK THE DINNER
Wives Have Left
Sir John Anderson jumped in to He was obviously in counter-attack.
detensive mood. no del
He began by agreeing that "the fullest possible liberty, consistent with vital, national Interests, should MEN'be allowed to the Press.
Wimbledon husbands whose But the issue before them, he said, was whether freedom of expression wives have been evacuated are of opinion should entail freedom 10 taking cookery lessons nt the assist an enemy by systematic publi-} ration of matter calculated to foment local technical college. opposition to the successful prosecu- tion of the war.
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The wool is the gift of Kusho Ringong, a Tibetan official, who was educated in Rugby.
He gave it to Mr. Gould, political ofetal in Sikkim, when he left Lhasa two months ago afler attending the installation ceremonies of the new |Datul Lama.
Gifts For Viceroy
Mr. Gould is the bearer of a letter and five cases of gifts from His Holi- ness the Dalal Lama to Lord Lin-
throw Viceroy of India.
The departure of the British re- presentative was uttended by a pic-
uresque Tibetan ceremony.
A
Ao Tibetan regiment provided guard of honour and, at the customary place, three miles outside Lhusa, re- presentatives of the Regent, Prime doing their Minister, Tibelan' Cabinet and Lord I went to ste
presented farewell "home work"-cooking solitary Sun-Chamberlain day dinners and making a good job scarves.
of it, too.
them
Hospital Constructed
of
stay in Lhasa, Mr. During his As for the suggestion that the Mr. J. Fielding, of Aylward-road. Gould paid offelal visits to the Dain powers might be used wantonly, no had decided on cheese pudding. Lama, the Regent Prime Minister and Home Secretary would dare to take "But I like grilling things best," he Cabinet, action without the approval of the said to me. "I grill everything I War Cabinet.
can-even eggs, Yes, I put the ca The regulation
* Gifts to Mr. Gould included several admittedly into a patty tin and put the bacon was posed to periis "that most of us have rasher on top.
horses and valuable examples the cas never imagined even in a nightmare." "The bacon fat drips on
The Tibetan Government has con- But MPs saw no very compelling and makes it taste twice as nice Tibetan and Chinese art. argument in all this, and continued Then I put the bacon on the hot-structed a hospital in Lhasa, which, to press for some form of judicial plate and finish off the egg."
Mias Florence E. Morkam has 11 though less than two months since the uppeal.
the plans were approved, is already sul- Sie Richard Acland (L., Barnstaple) men in her cookery class at
several cataract cases. said that again and again in past college, and alie says they learn more ficiently far advanced to accommodnic months the Home Secretary had quickly than women.
"I'm teaching them not only how come to the House and described a set of terrible circumstances which to cook," she said. "but the rigni kind of food to choose and how to might occur.
But the powers he sought went far buy it. beyond the emergency he described.
I spoke to another husband who is
A keen member of the class. He is
Finally Sir John Anderson repeated Mr. Jack Smith of Coombe-lane. his procedure of die. Emergency! Mr. Smith's wife is not evacuated, Powers Dill, and called on Sir Donald But he joined the class because he Somervell, the Attorney-General, to has always liked cooking and wanted help hlin.
"You see," he explained.
"I've
This time the Attorney-General know more about it. did not announce surrender, but sup-lived most of my life in Australia, ported the Home Secretary's refusal and I had to do my own cooking out yield.
there. It's always useful to know
Mr. E. Shinwell, in a powerful how to dish up a good meal." speech, said that in a panic situa- tion he would much prefer to leave matters to court rather than to a House of Commons, In which he they were all influenced by considerations.
He pleaded with the Home Secre- lary and the Attomey-General not to
be stubborn and obstinate.
Both of them, however, remained stubborn and obstinate.
War Damage Claims Not Disclosed
London, Aug. 26: According to the Daily Telegraph while it is not possible for the Authorities to disclose the number of Mr. Silverman'a "prayer" was re- claims in respect of the Government's fused by 98 to 60, a majority of only commodity Insurance, it is said that the some have been made and met by companies dealing with the mutier,
The amount claimed so far is com- Earlier in the evening, during ills-paratively very small huving regard
38.
'Reactionary Tax f ་
cussion on the Budget resolutions,
Mr. G. Isaacs, Labour M. P. for to the sum in the fund which now Southwark, hal fought against a exceeds £30,000,000.
different kind of danger to the Press.
The Purchase Tax was being ap- scribed the newspaper tax as reac-
plied to printed
ted matter, he said, at tionary.
time, when
the printing Industry It was a tax upon knowledge, be- was going through an unprecedented cause the newspapers did convey n
state of unemployment.
great deal of knowledge to the com-
Yet newspapers were essential, and munity. periodicals had been a blessing in the The retall trade, he supposed, urt additional blackout, and they would be again. would have to add
Mr. D. Adams (Lab., Consett) de-halfpenny,
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London, Aug. 26.
Pilot Finishes His Job
London, Aug. 26. More than 1,000 guns and great quantities of other materials were lost there.
After an H.A.F. Pilot had attacked The War Omeo have announced By going without holidays, machines through the period of, will be arranged on a rota system. will have their Only a proportion of the workers in British workers have built up a acute emergency
any factory will be off duty at any that arrangements have been made Abborville aerodrome and started a time,
with the railway companies for free Are he was on his way home when great reserve of guns, other reward.
Some employers, not on war
had dropped "when the weapons, transport vehicles, and}"
work, have taken advantage of Thus there will bo no wake washing Invatory and left luggage he found that only his incendiary
accommodation for all members of bombs everything necessary for carry-
thio situaton to cancel
weeks in the north this year.
the Forces and corresponding wo-witches were pressed and his high line explosive bombs were still in their Ing on the war on a grand scale.
holidays where there has been no
The fighting forces have plenty of men's services at ten main And now comes a. breathing space. Icgal obligation toʻgive them. The Minister of Labour will announce Now the Ministry of Labour will war material now more than before stations to the provinces where there racks. He thereupon low back to
teen recognised by the War Office. theresumption of holidays in fill ak for the resumption of both paid the Battle of France and most of it is a Railway Traffic Offee or a can- Abberville and bombed a second
and unpaid holidays, in the interests is in Britain.
industries,
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