Vichy, Oct. 2 The nature of and reasons for the irternments recently ordered by the Administration were explained today in a note issued by the French Government It was first stressed that these internments had no connection whatsoever with any action which may be eventually taken by the Riom High Court of Justice or the court-martial when these courts, acting in complete freedom, see fit to do so.
"It is the essential duty of the responsible authorities to ensure the maintenance of France's sovereignty and public order, both of which may again be endangered by those persons who contributed in plunging France nto the al in which she finds herself at present," the note stated "It is therefore necessary for the authorities to take any precautionary measures deemed necessary against people who, unable to understand or not wanting to, trying by word or deed to stir up the old quarrels from which France nearly perished." El Bucharest Denies Police Official Shot Bucharest, Oct. 3.
Authoritative quarters last night denied reports that a number of Rumanian police officials had been secretly shot by Iron Guardists.
They admitted, however, that a rumper of high police officials had been placed under arrest by the new regime, dominated by the Iron Guards. They said the police officers bad been arrested "in connection with ibe assassination of several hundred fron Guards during the rule of the Czlinescu Government"—United Press.
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