CONTROL OF ALIENS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 140, 14 May 1940, Page 2

CONTROL OF ALIENS

ALERTNESS IN DOMINION. WATCH FOE ESPIONAGE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 13. “Anyone -who interferes with the Government in the prosecution of the war will not be allowed his liberty,'’ said the Minister of Finance (Hon. W. Nash) amid cheers and applause when replying to questions concerning alleged German spies in New Zealand at a meeting lie addressed in support of Mr P. Carr, official Labour Party candidate in the Auckland West by-elce-tion. ■ Mr Nash was speaking of the war aims of the Germans and their efforts to dominate the world when he was interrupted by an interjector who asked: “Why don’t you intern the ones who are here?” The Minister said that some had already been interned, and any , known Nazi sympathiser would be put in a place where he could do no harm. He mentioned, however, that there were some difficulties because some people of German birth were not Nazi sympathisers. On the contrary, they had fled from Hitler from Germany into Austria, from Austria to Czechoslovakia, and from Czechoslovakia to Poland, before going to England and eventually to New Zealand. “We are not going to tramnle on the ideals we are fighting to defend,” lie added. A voice: They are doing it here. The Minister: As soon as we find any interference we will stop them. The voice: It will bd too late. Mr Nash replied that any person who knew of another spying and who neglected to inform the authorities was liimself a traitor.