Cairo, May 5.
The authorities in Palestine have been holding air raid exercises in the region of Haifa, it was disclosed today. It has been decided to have an eight-day trial black-out period, which will be accompanied by practice of precautionary measures against possible future aerial attacks, M. S.H. Vogt, Norwegian Consul-General in Egypt, today sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Charara Pasha. a note in which He expressed his intention of fulfilling the mission to which he was assigned fy King Haakon: He declared that he intended to pursue his duties which could only be changed by the sole legitimate government of his country, headed by his sovereign. He requested that the Egyptian. Government recognise no communications or instructions coming from the "invaders of Norway."—Havas. freedom with which some neutral opinion is arguing that the Allies have let down Norway and will let down any other neutrals who rely upon them after trouble has begun, Government Case Awaited the House of Commons is in the mood, of forcing some modification of the Government's personnel or policy, despite the Cabinet having been unanimous on Norway, s even more quickly will it rally to. support the Government u za û really good ease. Néutral "criticisms are strongly resented among members of Parliament, whose only information leads them to believe that the sole reason that Allied troops were not in Scandinavia before the Germans, is the Allies' respect for Scandinavian policy of neutrality during and after the Finnish campaign, and lack of precautions necessarily associated with that policy.
Many members are prepared to learn on Tuesday that the same situation must be expected with regard to other areas that might become involved, Therefore, a section of the House of Commons may prove strongly critical of the Government's personnel, but when presented with more particulars of Norwegian difficulties than it has been possible to reveal: hitherto, couple with widespread resentment at neutral criticisms, the House of of Commons will even if it has found substantial ground for criticism, in effect let the Government off with a warning that certain lines of dissatisfaction must be heeded, and for the present, the political situation will be allowed to remain unchanged, 'This, at present, appears to be the most probable result of the two days' debate though the situation might be altered materially if discussions reveal any new willingness of the Opposition parties to accept the long-standing invitation to join the Government.
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