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A New “New Guard”
It is unlikely that investigation will show the slightest foundation for the story that there has been brought into being an organisation known as the Commonwealth Legion which is arming itself with rifles and machine guns. But the statement having been made in the Senate it becomes the duty of the Federal Government to investigate it and, in particular, to ascertain whether or not military equipment is getting into hands for which it is not intended. Senator Collings, of Queensland, tabled last week a document alleged to be a report of the Legion, described as a Fascist organisation. In that document, which was typewritten and unsigned, were set out the aims and activities of the organisation and the location of arms belonging to it. According to the Senator its str
