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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1939.

ANTI-TERRORIST

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BILL

IN COMMONS

Members Angered By London Terminal Outrages

Government Accepts Minor Amendments

London, To-day.

The Prevention of Violence Bill, aimed at checking Irish Republican Army bomb outrages in Bri- tain, was read a third time in the House of Com- mons yesterday without division, and has been sent to the House of Lords.

Members of the Commons were so angered on hear- ing of the latest bomb explosions at Victoria that the reading was rushed through in five minutes.

An intended demand for another day's consideration of the mea- sure, was dropped.

An amendment was accepted providing that no person suspected of an offence under the Act might be detained in custody for a period

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WATCH BEING KEPT FOR IRA. LEADER

London, To-day... Scotland Yard is keeping a close of watch for Sean Russell, leader the illegal Irish Republican Army, who according to reports is en route to Britain or Ireland from the United States.

He is said to be carrying with him the sum of £120,000 collected in Irish-American circles to finance

a campaign for the "liberation of

Ireland."

Russell would be arrested if he

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OUTRAGES CONDEMNED BY MR. DE VALERA

Dublin, To-day.

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The I.R.A. bombing outrages in Britain were strongly-condemned by the Eire Premier, Mr. Eamonn

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SENATE RUNS TRUE TO FORM

Washington, To-day.

The Senate foreign rela- tions committee has delayed action on the proposal that the Senate should place on record that they favoured abrogation of the 1911 treaty of commerce and navigation with Japan.

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Senator Key Pittman vealed to pressmen that a closed session of the commit- tee discussed the possible effect of such a course on the Anglo-Japanese agreement.- Reuter.

AMERICAN MOTORING ACE BADLY BURNED

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah,

To-day.

A. B. Jenkins, the American racing motorist, was seriously burned on his right arm and leg when his car caught fire after breaking four of his own world records here yesterday.

Jenkins set up the following new marks:

500 kilometres at 177.11 m.p.h., 500 miles at 171.31. m.p.h.,

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1,000 kilometres at 172.8 m.p.h. Three hours at 171.41 m.p.h. Reuter.

fortunate occurrences in England.” NO EXCUSE

There was no excuse for the bombings, he said, and the 'Govern- ment of Eire had no sympathy with them.

de Valera, in the Senate yesterday.

The bombings had undoubtedly Mr. de Valera was replying to

given the Eire Government a set- the debate on a resolution demand-back, and he appealed to the peo- ing a Government statement "as to the justifiability and expectancy ple concerned to take consideration of the bombing activities in Britain of the changed circumstances since the establishment of the Eire Gov- by Irish citizens.”

ernment.

Mr. de Valera said: "We know what wrong has been done by the partition of Ireland,

"Unfortunately the Government of Eire is not in a position to re- move the causes that led to the un-

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Mr. de Valera causéd a sensa. tion when he suggested as remedy for removing the turmoil which embroiled the two countries that those in the North, numbering about 80,000, should be bought opt and compensated and allowed to go elsewhere if they did not desire to come into a united Ireland. Reuter.

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COMMITTEE STAGE

London, To-day. During the committee stage the Prevention of Violence:Bill, the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, accepted a Labour amendment re- quiring the Secretary of State to report to Parliament at least every three months regarding the number of expulsion, registration and pro- hibition orders made and the num- ber of persons affected.

Mr. Dingle Foot (Opposition Liberal) moved an amendment pro- viding that no expulsion or prohibi- tion orders could be made except where the judge had reported on the case

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Sir Samuel Hoare, in reply, said there were a number of suspects in the country who, the Home Office were convinced, were at the centre of this plot, but whom they could not take into a law court and to whom ordinary legal pro- cedure was not applicable,

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