"Hitler Will Not Conquer England from the Rear"
London, May 24.
Newspapers approve of the energetic initiative of the Government in ordering the arrest of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, and eight of his lieutenants, according to a special comment tary issued here.
After what happened in Norway and Holland, papers think that one cannot be too cautious, and that this step, like others taken for the security of the country, is considered natural, in an abnormal period.
The "Daily Mail" demands that similar measures should be taken against Communists, beginning with the suppression of the newspaper "Daily Worker."
"Holland," the "Daily Mail" says, "fell in five days because no man could trust his neighbour, That must not happen in Great Britain. Every gap through which the insidious agents of Hitler might come must, and will, be closed.
"Hitler will not conquer us from the rear," the paper said.
The "News-Chronicle" states: "The public will welcome this indication that the Government intends to lay its hands on all, irrespective of their class or position whose liberty, if prolonged, might menace public safety.
"In normal circumstances these measures would not be tolerated for a moment by a free people, but the times are not normal and these powers are necessary."
"This step will not be criticised," declares the "Daily Herald" "Our cause, which is the cause of freedom, could be mortally weakened if we failed to place under control, persons whose conduct can be considered harmful to public security."—Reuter.
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