We in New Zealand have heard much in our press condemning what the papers are pleased to call "police states." To those who have made any study of the rise of fascism in Germany in the 1930's, the sight of a coming Dictator trying to hide his own actions under a newspaper barrage of his opponent's so-called misdeeds, is not unfamiliar. Therefore it is with some grave concern that we view the passing of two particularly interesting but dangerous Acts which were passed during the last session of Parliament, i.e., The British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act. 1948. and the Aliens Act. 1948.