The British Cabinet yesterday warned the nation that the German fifth column in England may be as formidable as it was in Norway and Holland and clamped down new restrictions to thwart English defeatist elsements. a The Home Secretary was given unprecedented power to suppress any paper publishing defeatist material and to take action against the printer involved.
Radio sets in automobiles were banned and the Government outlawed the possession of uniforms by civilians.
Mr. J. V. Little, a member of the new Labour Supply Board, meanwhile told an audience at Morecambe that "the position is more serious than I can describe."
"Hitler and his hordes are at our door," he said. "For the next four months the fate of this country will be in the balance."
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