Singapore, Feb, 12.
Sir Shenton Thames, Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, in a speech before the Legislative Council today warned that sedition-mongers were at present active and that every effort would be made to stamp out such persons, "We have evidence that trash, which it circulates among the labour classes, is often violently seditious," he add "Many recent strikes were planned not by the workers but by subversive organizations, Every power we possess shall be brought against these en-ernies of the State, "They are the disciples of the against whom Empire is now. fighting. I warn them that sedition is one of the most serious offences it is possible to commit in wartime.
Singapore was not a hotbed of sedition—a small minority wanted to lead the people to violence and unrest and, because of what may happen if this insidious and malignant disease is not cutoff now, I have spoken thus."—United Press,
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