NEW DANISH LAW

Opunake Times, 21 February 1939, Page 4

NEW DANISH LAW

rAHMERS OBJECT

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snerift' was forced to return home, 'i'lio officer tiien applied 'to the i. of the police at Thorshapn for oat. ance, and a week later four of Li. farmers were summoned before t court aud accused oi wrongfully using

force against the uuinu.. The farmers contended that accord ijig to tho constitution they were * their rights in defending their grouiu. and that instead of being charged 1,, the police they should be protected by them- If this new law oblige them to renounce their aiitieut righ then they would withdraw their oatJ of fidelity and loyalty to the and Constitution.

The farmers then appealed to t Governor and their advocate wrote 1 tko Minister of Justico pointing cm

that if the farmers were sentence

then tlie consequences would lr far-reaching political consequence The day before the sentence, 1; ever, a message was sent to the Mii» istcr to the effect that the accusa.'-io against the farmers had been vn.' drawn. The Home Rule party feels that these grievances of the farmers, added to the grievances of the fisherman over the Greenland fishing rights, will greatly strengthen their hand when the Lagting next meets.