COMMUNISTS IN BRITAIN
MINISTERS HECKLED. FASCIST MOVEMENT CRITICISED. (Reuter.) LONDON, November 16. The Home Secretary', Sir W. Joyn-son-lllcks, was asked in the House of Commons to-day whether Hie Government proposed to introduce legislation to deal with Communist propaganda. In reply, the Minister said the question was under consideration. Labour members started heckling and bantering the Horne Secretary, hut the Speaker intervened. Later, Mr G. Lnnsbury, Labour member for Poplar, drew attention to Ihe existence of Fascists and “other alleged military armed forces” in Britain. The Heme Secretary said he regretted that these bodies periodically engaged in deplorable activities, but he had been unable to confirm the statement that they met regularly for drill, marched in the sLreets, or attended meetings bearing arms. The law against illegal gatherings would be enforced without discrimination. The Leader of the Labour Party, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, asked when this would be done. The Minister said he had issued instructions a month ago to the effect that equal justice must-be meted out 1o all parties, whether they wore Fascists oi* otherwise.
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Waikato Times, Volume 99, Issue 16652, 18 November 1925, Page 7
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