NO PANIC MEASURES
FASCISTS AND COMMUNISTS ACTIVITIES IN BRITAIN CLOSE WATCH BY GOVERNMENT (Omcial Wireless) (Received April 27, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, April 26 The British Press expresses satisfaction with the Home Secretary’s statement in the House of Commons on the activities of small groups in Britain which might impede the national war effort. The common-sense attitude of consideration as to whether some strengthening of the regulations is desirable without rushing into panic measures to suppress such activities is warmly approved. The News-Chronicle says: “In wartime the amount of liberty allowed must depend primarily on the considerations of national safety. The case against proscribing British Fascists and Communists rests chiefly on their comparative harmlessness while in the open and their potential danger if driven underground. To leave them at liberty but carefully watched is to demonstrate to ourselves and the world that our democracy is strong enough to retain freedom under the strain of war.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21098, 27 April 1940, Page 7
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154NO PANIC MEASURES Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21098, 27 April 1940, Page 7
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