The Archive · 1932

Loaded Revolver in House Washington, Dee. 13

'A strange man leaping from the gallery in the House of Hepresentafives to-day, pointed a loaded te-Nolver at the "House and shouted want the floor!

'The stranger meanwhile deliberately and menacingly aimed his [weapon at, several members. The sergeant-at-arms, going unto the intruder, coolly' him to throw down his gun, which he did Jat once. The sergeant found it was loaded and cocked.—Reuter, the Government's desire to have normal political life re-established, the only exception beitfg the reten-ion of the emergency decree threatening draconic punist for acts of political terrorism. At the same time, however, the Government, will take care to state very. clearly that, in the event of the removal of the existing restrictions being misused by the Extremists, these regulations will, in an. even severer form, be reintroduced with such an eventuality is, soco:

emergency decree dealing ing to usually well informed quarfers, now being worked ut $0 as ready for immediate pro mulgation should unfortunately the necessity. arise—Trans-Ocean" Kuo Min.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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