I.W.W. MENACE.

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I.W.W. MENACE.

THE CASE OF THE AUSTRALIA LYONS. (PEESS ' ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, Juno 1. Further correspondence has pass Sir Francis Bell and Mr. . E. Holland, Leader .of the -Labo Party, -regarding the deportation Lyons, the I.W.AV. extremist. Mr Holland admits that murder one form of direct action, but argu that not- all direct action includes m\ desr. He contends tliait in any case, Lyons is, guilty of a breach of the la he 6hould be tried and have a chan of defending himself. _ Ho denounc deportation without trial as one of t most dangerous forms of direct actio In reply, Sir Francis Bell points o that tho Exclusion Act of 1919 impce statutory duties on the Attorne General; and that tho Act does n apply to any New Zealand resider and is only directed against tho a vent of persons dangerous to the pu lie peace. Ho considers the Act ju and right, but oven if ho tlioug otherwise, as Attorney-General he mu obey it. Lyons, in a speech last night, sa that ho did not want to leave N< I Zealand, and boasted that tho Gover menfc would not dare to deport him. the Government had tried,to send hi | away on Friday, tho steamer won not have sailed. Ho openly exulted being an I.W.W.