LYONS DEFIANT
BOASTS THAT HE WILL NOT BE DEPORTED. SIR FRANCIS BELL REPLIES TO MR. HOLLAND. WELLINGTON, June 1. Further correspondence has passed between Sir Francis Bell and Mr. H. E. Holland re the deportation of Lyons. Mr. Holland admits that muder is one form of direct action, but argues thlat not all direct action includes murder. He contends that in any case if Lyons be guilty of a breach of the law, he should be tried and have a chance of defending himself. He denounces deportation without trihl as one of the most dangerous form s of direct action. Tn reply, Sir Francis Bell points out that the Exclusion Act of 1919 imposes statutory duties on tho Attorney General. The Act doos not apply to any New Zealand resident, and * is only
directed against the advent of prrsonl dangerous to the public peace. He considers that the Act is just and right, but even if he thought otherwise, as At-torney-General he must obey it. Lyons, in a speech last night, said he did not want to leave New Zealand and boasted that tho Government would nol dare to deport him. If they had tried to send him away on Friday, the r'eam. er would not have sailed. He openlj exulted in being an I.W.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19325, 2 June 1925, Page 2
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