NEUTRALS IN WEST.
EMERGENCY MEASURES. BRUSSELS, April IS. The Belgian Premier (Dr Spaak), speaking in the .Chamber of Representatives, said the Government was reinforcing passport control and re-estab-lishing visas for travellers from Holland and Luxembourg. More men have been called up to guard strategic points. The Swedish Riksdag has passed emergency measures for combating espionage and sabotage, enforcing complete censorship and empowering the detention of suspected persons. A Swiss decree for the suppression of espionage has been revised. Sentries have been posted at public buildings in the large cities. The police caught a man posting a mailbag full of German propaganda. He said that he was acting under orders from the German Consulate, claimed diplomatic immunity, and was released.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 7
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