The former should carry on with their usual work, but would be liable 16 assist in defence work in their spare time and be available in an emergency to join the defence organization.
Non-producers would be available at all times for defence, and it within a week the voluntary system fails to yield the number required, compulsion should be applied.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Security has issued a statement de-Claring that in the event of an invasion, it is the duty of the public to remain where they are unless instructed to leave.
Measures prepared are now being put into effect to prevent roads being blocked, and to ensure the safety of the civil population in the event of an invasion, and emphasis is laid on the recent experiences of the Countries and France, in which military operations were dangerously hampered by refugees blocking roads.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.