LOTTERIES AND HISTORY

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21034, 9 December 1933, Page 15

LOTTERIES AND HISTORY

# QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS EXAMINATION FOR POLICE (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 8, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 7. In the House of Commons, a member enquired whether, in view of the Government's decision to discountenance lotteries and sweepstakes, he could include in the proposed betting legislation provision to withdraw legal recognition of Stock Exchange margin debts. Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, said the Government had not reached a decision relating to lotteries and betting, and he could not forecast the provisions of the bill. The member: Are you aware that the amount of Stock Exchange gambling far exceeds investments in lotteries and sweepstakes? Sir John Gilmour did not reply. Mr F. Seymour Cocks enquired why candidates at the police college examination in modern history were required to give special attention to Frederick the Great, the rise of Prussia, the union of Germany, under Bismarck, and the ambitions of Louis XIV.? Sir John Gilmour said the syllabus was determined by the Civil Service Commissioners. The points mentioned were part of a test of knowledge of European affairs in relation to British history. Mr Cocks: Is it intended to inculcate Prussianism, or will the paper include the execution of Charles I. and the downfall of the Kaiser? Are you arranging for Herr Hitler's agent in London to give instruction on the subject? (Laughter.) Sir John Gilmour made no reply.