LONDON POLICE BUSY

Chronicle (Levin), 16 December 1946, Page 5

LONDON POLICE BUSY

Received Fundav, 7 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 14. The Bouthern Railway authorities re ccived an qnonyinous Jetter wnruiii„ that N'ictoria stalion would be blowu iqi ut 3 p.m. today. Tlie warning wapassed oji to (Scotlaud Yard and police niingled with the erowds and kept 11 close walch on all persons deposfting baggagc in cloak ri.oms. Only a few oi Hie general public knew tliat a threat had been received. N'othing happenetl Al though tlie telophone Calls and let ter may have been a hoax, Scotland Yard is taking no chances. Extra police are patroiling the fog bound Vir toria station, the Embankment near Bcotland Yard, and Whitehall. Extra guards are mounted 011 Government luiihlings at Whitehall and Number H' • » Downing tStreet. Reuter says there are four possible explanations of tho threats. Eirstly they may be the first steps in a war oi nerves jilanned-liy Jewish terrorists wlu uianaged to get into Britain secrctlv Secondly, they mav be the lirst oi' a serics of such warnings deliberateh made by antisemitic indi viduals with the intention of inflamirtg public opin ion against the Jews. Thirdlv, tho who! thing mav be the work of an irrespons ible hoaxer. Fourthly, it may be the action of some person witli deranged mentality. It. is believed the most likely expianation is "the theorv that a hoaxer with a warped sense of humour is re spensible. An undergrouiid explosion in Parliament Square opposite the Ilouse of Gommons threw two flagstones into the air, says the Evening Rtandard. Police on point duty at Whitehall heard the explosion and put in an eniergency call. Witli. the telepboned th-reats of bomh outrages Teeeiy-ed at Seotl^nd Yard during t}£e day,.- jhe^poli^'e ^ordpned off the area anff? pri&Wt; o'ff hianh(ile" cdvers Only thin wisps of smoke from underground c.ables were discovered on which a fireman nsed hand extinguishers. It is understood the explosion was caused by a i'use.