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HOME OFFICE ACTION ALLUDED

The most important passage in Lord

TO IN PARLIAMENT. Oxford's maiden speech in his new sur-

March ard. 00

in roundings,

the

TALK OF BRITISH FASCISTI." House of Lords-it was subsequent

Mr. Harry Pollitt, secretary of the ly described by the Leader of the National Minority Movempat, a brunch House

one as- his

divergence from of the Communist Party which weeks to encourage the groups of tae strict limitations of his question organize and

militant extremists in the trade unions. was his reference to the security of

is alleged to have been kidnapped near France. He reculled-briefly the Treaty Liverpool by a party of eight men recent been driven in a "motor-cap of Versailles and the subsequent abortivul to have

to a distant town and held in.cuptivity deivra at a hotel there; and to have been tripartite pact. He expressed his belief

Shrewsbury on the for London.

fallowing after that there was now ample ground for

noon and put in a train for March devising the substitation of a more com

in the

the House of Commons on prehensive paes, and his hope that the Europe

and of the world 17th, Lieut. Commander Kenworthy (k., statesmanship of

C) asked the House Secretary whe would soon prove its capacity to achieve the be had any further information in

That hope and that belief have been greatly encouraged by the events of the regard to the alleged kidnapping of Mr. As few days. Recently we indicated Harry Follitter, hear, and laugh.

Edge

Hill Station on March 14th, that recent diplomatic discussions enter) at

forcible itetention until the. European security have taken a new form and his and aspect and have acquired a scope follo

cope following afternoon and whether the much broader than was conceivable when Home Secretary had inquired of the

at Paris station auth

to their non-in- authorities as terference i and at Cannes. Not only is

Sir W, Joynson-riicks.(Home Secretary);" ing disposition in France to regard the

Yes, I have received a report which con question from a new angle, but the par

firms the statement in the hon, and gal ticipation of Germany, on equal terms,

I understand lant member's question. some arrangement to guarantee" peace on her frontiers is beginning to emerge that the railway officials did not inter fere although appealed to breause they perhaps, as a possibility din fame,

thought Mr. Pollite was a person legn!ly Fertainly worth fanning

The in- as Frt, but

(Laughter.) under restraint. 3ow we are able to publish the sub-

Loy stance of some very important Germanquiry is being continued. proposals, which may go a long way towards reestablishing a sense of security

Central in Western" and

Europe in fact, has approached the tiovernments of Paris. Brussels, Rome, and London with the intimation that she

to discuss the formation of

pact on the basis of the fron tiers set up by the Treaty of Versailles It is, of course, this formal and

"Frontier. taneous acceptance of

existing that gives to the German démarche its preuliar importance.

The proposal is Also likely to make the whole idea of a ract of any sort more paintable to public this country and in the

ping took place or as to who is at the It has been clear for Some time now that a very strong current of bottom of it!

W. Joynon-Hicks. Yes, sir: the opinion in the Cabinet has been How-inquiry is being continued. The police ing in frour of guaranteeing to France, have already communicated with Mr. Pol- and to Belgium their Eastern frontiers,

set off in the cente

1.breakdown of offers previously mads and as a first and

stabi fits. preliminary condition of

OFF Securing

disposal. (Hear, hear.) the reviving But the idea of credited plans the Home Secretary in receipt of way oht discouraging nad for a pact was not of itself enculated arous any enthusiasm in this country The position is very different if any serious possibility arises that" Cernany may be an active and sincere party to such an arrangement.

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Licat-Commander Kenworthy: not the right bon. gentleman consider it a very curious state of affairs that any one can go into a station und

get hold of him, me or anyone else-(cheers and laughter) and nothing is done? Ought not there to be some regulations by which the station officials are satished as to the

of Ades

the people conserngel? Is bon he going to allow the catter to rest there. with regard to the station oficials!

Colonel Wedgwood (Lab. Soc., New- castle-under-Lyme): This is not a quis- tion for laughter. Does the right hon. gentleman propose to take any stepe to inquire by whose authority this kidnap-

it, and if Mr. Pollitt is prepared to take the necessary proceedings, every assistance can give him will be at his

Mr. Sexton (Lab. -Soc., St. Helens): 1 information as to whether rebearsals of moving pictures were going on in the district(Laughter.)

Mr. Hayes (Lab. Soc., Edge Hill): Have

the police inquiries taken them to the temporisti Movement, 184. Oxford. bead-quarters of the a tional street, and are they in possession of a copy of the letter which the National Fascisti 3ovement have sent to Mr. Fol

I not I will give litt this of tar Home

u copy.

From that point of view the ideas re- cently put forward by the German Government to several Allied Govern ments deserve careful consideration. it 18 well known that "earlier, suggestions

kor her own

own Western und guarantee France's Eastern frontier have broket ment. I have not had a copy of that down owing to the absolute refusal of letter. If it is desirable, and I think it France to consider any arrangement that is, that justice should be done in this

I think matter.

it is better that I should left her Polish Ally without guarantee. The new German suggestions include pro not state more fully the directions in

The

hoo. posals for the pacine settlement of the which the inquiry is going that I shall

frontier disputes between

member may rely upon it i Germany and Poland. They amount to continue to probe this matter very fully. Mr. J. Jones (Lab. Soc., Silvertown): un expression of the willingness" of the German Government to engage in direct Does the right hon. gentleman know that those who speak on behalf of the British negotiations with Poland on the ques tion of the Eastern frontiers and, in case

Fascisti are saying that if they cannot own way by constitutional sful

the get their pumshous-they-are-prepared to fight for it. diurn the right hon. gentlewan prepared to of the League of Nationante a unsidered for

This is hard take any steps to stop this display of

that Germany might share in a pact of "tk Men Up to the mo-

aerimoniÕUA

tic means, perhaps

to

and

To the tedium

ly the moant to

vira on suggestions that are at present purely Lentative,

It is well known that.

The Speaker: That is an assumption.

The following letter has been addressed

the so-called Polish corridor and the disruption of the mineral area of Upper to Mr. Pullitt:

"Silesia are

source of continual irritu.Comrade H. Pollitt, National Minority

Movement, 38, Great Ormond-street, W.C.

Dear Sir--With reference to your un

tion and unrest in Germany, ant

and that the existence of these disquirting pro Mems intensifies the general atmosphere tortunate experience on Saturday last, of unrest that prevails in Eastern Europe

them The possibility of sol

by pacifie solving means ensnot be ignored: if it is a real

we trust that you are nos, feeling any Fat-ffrets from your enforced confinement at the pleasure of the "four men of the

possibility. Hvers Muggestion that may

_m for friction from ex-offieer type" We hope to have the

fear Wile

and

pleasure of listening to your speech at Liverpool on Sunday next, and await your remarks with interest. With our

prevent this occu developing inte

A ConLY should be tested to the bottom. possibly Worth while for Poland compliments and best wishes. We w for the friends of Poland to consider Signed). E. BLAKE, for the National whether the establishment of permanent- ly friendly and penesful relations with ... (temporary), 184a, Oxford-street,

righbour may not be a very powerfal

W. 1, March 15th

worth a great and generous effort and n reasonall compromise.

ise in the matter of frontiers. That is as it may be, but the present inchoate German proposals m to open up a perspective along whi

which in telligent and combined effort

fort may

prove

to be very fruitful for European peace.

It may be hopes that the fierman sugges

Fascinti..

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tions include provisions for arbitration A youthful Senndinavian can boast that treaties with Paland and Carchoslovakia. ne has been shot at with revolvers more than 1,000 times and still lives-to-con- It is also of importance that a fair con. sideration of

of all these hints suggestions, tinue to receier bullets in the region of and proposals might reduce to simple his heart.

and manageable dimrisions the pending He is Alvar Jacobsen; his present home and, as yet, somewhat difficult question is New York, and his job is to de of the entry of Germany into the Leaguemonstrate the bullet-proof qualities of on equal terms.

Patent vest, which is made of a "new

the

All this is a mere beginning, but aietal compound. Its principle is to cli- good beginning. The prospects implied minate vibratory shock, and it achieven should be followed up and in this change this owing to the fact that it is

made ing situation the attitude of Great Bri-of a series of metal plates which touch tain may play a useful and perhaps strikes the vest, that vibration is des each other in such a way, when a bullet decisive part. The opportunity cannot bu neglected. The arguments of those who, troyed, in the way that the vibration of ཀམ་ཀ result of the apparently hopeless bell is stopped when it is touched by deadlock of the last few years, advocatenger,

Although Jacobsen is now quite harden- complete aloofness from the troubirs of Europe Beem to require modification ined and faces the bullets with a smile,

of the new circumstances,

res. To re he admits that when he frst put the bul tain old friendships in Europe, while at let-proof vest on, which to him looked like same-time greatly enlarging the au ordinary rest, he did not smile. "1.

ing closed my eyes. and

I don't know yet whe boundaries of good will engaging innegotiations which may really lead therheard the shot or felt it first.

What

I felt was like the tap of peace for many Wh to the establishment

Anger ณ. years in the area of Europe that im on one of my ribs. 1 opened my eyes and

Then mediately affects British interests, is a found the affair was all over. task which, if it contains really practi: never felt the slightest nezvousness,"

laughed outright, Since then I have with vigour. No opportunity and

He demonstrates chiefly before police should lected for making full

neglected

detectives, who are invited sion for the security of the heart of the ass who aren tar huilet is nervous. In he says that usually the Empire. if thin Can be done in

CBT way that will enhance Britishin resily shot could be found, though Jacobsen one police department not one volunteer prestige Europe, and will make chances of war remote and was willing to sign & paper absolving finitesimal, aur people and the whole him from all blame no matter what hap Empire will be greatly the gainers. The pened. Finally, a detective volunteered. varied possibilities that are now coming to wear the vest and be shot ut, though to light should certainly be tested to the he would not shoot at Jacobsen. The utmost.-The Times.

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