UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 198, 10 November 1934, Page 5

UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTION

~ «tt»BRITISH PEER'S ALLEGATIONS

COUP D'ETAT CONTEMPLATED

MATTER DISCUSSED SERIOUSLY

: Prcos Association —Copyright i j- London, Nov. 9. J I During.the committee stage of ,consid- j j eration of the Incitement to Disaffection j j 'BUT in the House of Lords Lord Allen J i said it recently came to his knowledge ! | trom'a source he had no reason to doubt j j that there was some kind of movement i j afoot in Britain to seize the British | j Broadcasting . Corporation's headquarters j j and bring about a coup d'etat similar j : to that prepared at Vienna. I ! When interviewed by the Daily Herald, j j Lcrd Allen refused to say whether the] I plan came from the Right or the Left, but i} ! he said it was seriously discussed by one j • of the parties which believed in uncoil- l j stitutional action. He did not- think the j j plans had progressed beyond the con- | templation stage. i The House of Lords was nearly 12 j j hours discussing the Incitement to Dis- j i affection Bill. There we're numerous j j divisions on Socialists' amendments, all j j of which were defeated. The committee j stage was completed at 4.12 a.m. -j