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Home Secretary On Internment Problems

RAMP IN

THE SAFE

REPLYING TO THE debate in the House AREAS

Demand by people from Lon-

of Commons yesterday the Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, said: "Any allega-don, the south-east and the north- tions of deliberate and cruel persecution by Government of internees would be utterly un- founded.

"There has been some delay in the order of release and the actual release of internees in the early stages."

Mr. Morrison 'assured the House 1 he would like to get the delay between the announcement of rè-" lease und actual release down to a fortnight or ten days.

He had found no trace In the Civil Service of any spiteful or vindictive feelings towards in- ternees.

We had, added Mr. Morrison, to test not only aliens' general opin- ion and general loyalty but "how they would act if the enemy suc- ceeded in invading this country

and the possibility of invasion has not by any means been re- moved."

Present Position About 8,000 aliens had been re- leased and of 19,500 still interned there were about 400 arpinet' whom there was evidence that they were definitely unfriendly,

In sifting those stul intered consideration was to be given to skilled workers.

while the emigration of those who obtained the necessary:

visas would be facilitated to America.

con-

safe districts has led to fierce com- east of England for rooms in the

petition for accommodation · and "disgusting profiteering."

The emergency committee at Oxford is so concerned at the state. of affairs that they are making re- presentations to the Government with a view to promoting legisla- tion to deal with profiteering.

The Chief Constable said that In one instance a rent of £6 a week had been: askád for the use of two rooms.

"I must insist on the princi- ple of individual decision,"

There is not a town or hamlet cluded Mr. Morrison, "and if to Keswick that has not doubled in the Lake District from Kendal have blas it must be in favour of the security of this country?"

its population. -Reuter.

CONDUCT

OF 'A FOOL'

"It was the conduct of on un- miticated fool." observed Mr. Langley, at a London police court when he fined Frederick Sydney Inber (37), a labourer, 7s. 6d.

It was stated that when an air raid was in progress Inber stood in the middle of a road and shone an unscreened torch up wards and on to the side of Referring to internees sent to buildings. A hostile crowd Canada, some of whom had gathered. and a policeman had been "sent abroad wrongly difficulty in preventing Inber special responsible adviser was from being manhandled. going to Canada to select suit- able applicants for pioneers,

When charged Inher raid: "I was trying to help the firemen."

Houses usually rented at £15 a year are now let furnished at

six guinean a week.

"It's no use blinking the fact, a lot of disgusting profiteering is going on," a Kendal official told a reporter.

Refused Children

"The people to blame are the people whose weekly incomes range from £5 to £12. They re- fused to accept children evacuated here from the unsafe areas, plead- ing that their homes were filled with relatives or that their health did not permit them to look after the evacuees,

"But when the throng come along from London, and the South they forgot all about that. They wanted to be on a good thing'

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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 4, 1940.

BRITISH REPLY

TO MARSEILLES BOMBING PROTEST

The British Govern- ment's reply to the french protest "against the alleged

bombing of Marseil- les by the RAF, was reported yesterday to have been handed by the British Ambassa- dor to the French Am- bassador in Madrid.

-Reuter.

Italian

Hooligan Riots

Italian hooliganism has

INAPLES OIL

REFINERY BOMBED

A well-placed stick of bombs straddled oil re- fineries and started a large fire visible 20 miles- away, when the RA.F. raided Naples on Monday night, says an R.A.F. com- munique issued in Catro yesterday.

A near miss was registered on the railway, resulting in hits on the main line.

Other fires and explosions were seun.

Augusta, in Sicily, was also successfully attacked.

At Augusta large flashes loud

explosions followed

dropping of bombs.

The communique

states.

and

the

that

all the British aircraft returned sa.ely. Reuter.

PULLED GUN IN

led to the wrecking of Bri- SHELTER

tish property in Tangier.

.

Twenty Italians entered the British Post Office in Tangier, wrecking the office, after tearing official news bulletin

down an

and photographs.

They afterwards did COFF- siderable damage

to a British business house."

No arrests are reported.

James Ernest Coward (57), .of. Chorley Wood, was remanded in custody at Watford changed with being in possession of a firearm being in possession of a firearm with a certificate and with intent

danger life.

Police-Sergeant. Joffries said that it had been reported that while in a public air raid shelter at Chorley Wood Coward had pulled out a fully-loaded pistol and threatened a man with it

This is the first reported inter- When charged he. was alleged ference with British interests in to have said. "I have nothing to Tangier since the local command- say against it. I did it for the good er of the Spanish troops anounc-of the country. I wanted to make ́ed he was taking over control of sure as to his identity and that he the region. Reuter..

was a genuine Britisher."

SIR ABE BAILEY'S STOCK AND STUD SOLD BY AUCTION

ONE OF THE GREATEST sales of thoroughbred bloodstock ever was held at. Newmarket yesterday when the late Sir Abe Bailey's entire stock and stud, numbering 84 lots, was sold by order of the execu- tors and realised 42,677 guineas.

Highest price was 5,200 guineas, for the nine- year-old stallion Tiberius, which was purchased by Lord Glanely.

Meanwhile Lord' Rosebery, speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association at Newmarket yes- terday, pointed out that hundreds

of

HE SLEPT

thousands of pounds sterling ON DUTY

of British racing thoroughbred stock had been exported to North and South America, India, Aus- tralia and elsewhere

Two sentences passed by Field General Court-martial hove been reduced.

Lord, Rosebery urged the im- The G.O.C. Chatham area, while portance of continuing racing inconfirming verdicts of guilty en u wartime..

sapped and a Marine, remitted 30 days of the „120 days' detention ordered."

He cald the export trade was always of the greatest value to breeders and the Government's policy was to encourage the export trade,

Sapper H. Gibbons, of the Royal Engineers, was charged with sleeping at his post while on duty Lord Rosebery urged breeders as a sentinel at night. He claimed to continue as long as possible that he was sitting down. Btcause and deprecated the selling of he became dizzy after being on well-bred yearlings for five or night guard duty. He denied that- ten, guineas for the purpose of he was asleep, being slaughtered to feed grey-Marine D. S. Willinger was hounds which were still allowed charged with disobeying a divi- to race on the track. - Reuter.

DEAD WOMAN'S RING RIDDLE

sional order, using obscene end insubordinate language ton superior oflicer, offering violence to a superior officer; and with escaping from confinement.

At his trial it was stated that when a sergeant found him asleep in a barrack room and roused him, he became excited, swore at the-sergeant, and struck at him. --

Willinger's defence was that A soldier accused of stealing a he was under the influence of wedding ring from a woman who drink..

had been killed in an alr·raid was

discharged at East Ham Police

Court because there was insuffi-Who with, her husband and her" cient evidence on which to: con-mother were killed while shelter- vict.

Ing In a shop basement, vt

He was Sapper Ernest Walter It was stated that Mrs. Mend's Jackson, twenty-seven, of the Ro- | hand, was protruding from the yal Engineers.

debris, and Jackson, who was au- He pleaded not guilty to steal- sisting AR.P. workers, was nicett ing the ring, from the hand of to hold it to prevent it" being. Mrs. Lilian Mond, twenty-six, I covered up.