REPLY APPROVED
No Increased Protection For Ministers
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, February 9.
Tlie newspapers approve the terms of the reply which the Minister of Home Security (Sir John Anderson) gave to the House of Commons on the question of whether the police would prevent Fascist interruptions at public meetings addressed by Cabinet Ministers.
Sir John Anderson answered that under British law, Cabinet Ministers could be given no greater protection than anyone else. “It would be a sad day for Britain,” states the “Manchester Guardian.” “if our Cabinet became, as in Germany, an assembly of major and minor prophets, all outwardly respected in their own country because of the police at their elbow and the concentration camp at their back. “The Minister’s reply indicated,” states the “Manchester Guardian,” “that being at war has not caused Britain to sacrifice her customary freedoms, even those which cause some nuisance to the majority.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21576, 12 February 1940, Page 11
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152REPLY APPROVED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21576, 12 February 1940, Page 11
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