SEIZURE OF 8.8. C.
PLANS OF EXTREMISTS DISCLOSURE IN LORDS LONDON,' Nov. 9. The House of Lords spent neatly 12 hours discussing the Incitement To Disaffection Bill. There were numerous divisions on •Socialists’ amendments, all being defeated. The committee stage has been completed. During the committee stage Lord Alien said it recently came'to his knowledge, from a source he had no reason to doubt , that there was' some kind of movement afoot in Britain to seize, the 8.8.'C. and bring about a coup d etat similar to the one prepared in Vienna. Interviewed by the Daily Herald,'LordAlien refuser] to say whether the plan came from the Right or the Lett, but said it was seriously discussed by one of the parties which believed in unconstitutional action. He did not think the plans had progressed beyond the contemplation stage.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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