1939-10-14 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 14, 1939.

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FORTUNES OF WAR (left to right) Errol Flynn, David Niven and Morton Lowry, as members of the Royal Flying Corps in a scene from "The Dawn Patrol" at the King's Theatre.

FRENCH MILITARY AUTHORITIES

WANT INVESTIGATION

OF COMMUNISTS

Paris, Oct. 5.

The lifting of parliamentary immun- With the present parliamentary ses-ity during a session is a lengthy pro- sion declared closed in an announce-cedure necessitating the convening of ment appearing in the "Journal Of the Chambers.

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ficial" this morning, the machinery has Consequently, the announcement been set in motion against the Com-that the present session is closed had munist 'Deputies whose parliamentary hardly been published when it immunity has kept them beyond the learned that an investigation had been reach of the law ever' since the recent opened into the activities of the Com- dissolution of the Communist Party. munist members of Parliament upon the request of the military authorities. They will be charged with having endeavoured to reconstitute their party under a camouflaged name fol- lowing its dissolution.

Parliamentary immunity is only va- lid when Parliament is in session, and automatically expires when the sion ends.

ses-

EVACUATIONS WITHOUT MISHAPS

Efficient Work By Helpers Praised

More than 1,317,000 peo-

Meanwhile, it is pointed out "that parliamentary activity will not be sus- pended as a sequel to the closing of the session. The Government has the right to summon Parliament again and it is thought that it will do so during the second fortnight in November. The exceptional powers granted the Gov- ernment expire in November and may be renewed for a further period. Havus.

REICH MAY REVOKE AIR

ple have so far been evacuat- NEUTRALITY

ed from thickly populated areas in England and Scot- land, according. Times."

to "The

Berlin, Oct. 5.

Although reaffirming the Reich's in- tention to respect the neutrality of Belgium and Holland, official quar ters here were reserved regarding aer- ial neutrality.

This total does not include a num- ber of evacuation areas from which Three eventualities may compel full returns have not yet been receiv- Germany to declare herself no more ed. The official figures issued recent-bound by her aerial neutrality under- ly are:-

are:

1.

takings, they said. These Flights over the neutral states by be- Greater London (including L.C.C.lligerent planes. 2. Inability to prevent area), 700,000.

Glasgow and Clydebank, 125,000. Birmingham, Coventry, and other Black Country areas, 50,000.

Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Mer- seyside, 120,000.

Manchester, Salford, etc., 120,000. Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, 100,000.

Edinburgh and Rosyth, 32,000. Portsmouth, Gosport, Southamp- ton, 40,000.

Chatham, Rochester, and Gilling- ham, 10,000.

Dundee, 20,000.

Lord Ashfield, chairman of London Transport, sent a message thanking the staff for their part in the evacua- tion, which was completed without a single mishap.

"The successful manner in which the evacuation, was carried out has been praised on all side, and to this success the staff of the Board-made a notable contribution,” he stated.

these flights even if opposed to them owing to insufficient material. 3. In- ability to prevent these flights even with modern material-Havas.

GERMAN CIVILIANS APPREHENSIVE

Amsterdam, Oct. 7. With regard to the German-Soviet friendship the confidence of Germans in uniform contrasts strikingly with the apprehensions of the civilian pò- pulation, especially the middle-aged civilians, the "Het Volk" stated to- day.

The civilians realize that the Reich's leaders are in the hands of the Krem- lin and they now openly criticize the astonishing change in the Reich's po- licy, the paper added. '·

The new system of food rationing adds to the general anxiety..........Havas,

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