EIGHT STATES ACT.
TO DEFEAT TREACHERY. (From Davcntry.) Action lias been taken by eight countries to defeat any treachery in thcii midst. Belgium bad built a concentration camp for foreigners. The Premier (M. Picrlot) declared that any invadei would pay dearly with life and material. Hollai.nl lias given the military authorities power to do as they like to control the country. Sweden has placed the province adjoining Narvik under military control. In Yugoslavia the arrest of M. Stoyadinovitcii was the most outstanding of the measures to ensure the safety of the country Rumania has extended the passport system. "in Turkey the Director of Public Safety has compiled a list of persons who may be required to leave the country. Jn Switzerland a Communist meeting was banned. Australia has ordered the cessation of the publication of Communist newspapers within a fortnight.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 7
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140EIGHT STATES ACT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 7
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