The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-10

when there are other matters to oc-
cupy the attention Of the newspapers.
At this moment, with the rand Prix
over ths fashionable life In. the boise
on the wane, we are rapidly approach
ing the silly season, when Paris eFimi-
nality reaches its high water mark in
the columns Of the Fats Divers" OF
truth there is reason for certain
disquistude at the prevalence of crime,
not only at this moment, but during
the Whole round Of the twelve moiiths.
The central parts of Paris are we'll
and adequately policed, but the sub
uFbs and the outer regions are in a
dfpiorable condition of insecurity. No
other conclusion can be ceome to from
the long series of attcaks upon the per-
son, murders, robberies and violations
which have been set forth in the pub
ice news during the last eighteen
months. A case in point is the shock
ing assassination of the English gov
rness, Miss Charlotte Cary, which is
now occupying the attention OF M.
Hamard and his sharpest detectives.
Ihat such a deed Is possible In broad
daylight and at the very gates of Paris
is no compliment to the police arrange
ments / hasten to say that the police
themselves are not. necessarily to be
condemned; rather, on the contrary, it
is the limited budget, or grant, that is
at fault. The police service is starY-
ed for want of funds-a condition, by
the way, which is not singular to Paris.
The organization Of the cycle police
has brought a certain amount of order
and security into some districts, but
they cannot obviously perform. quite
the same service as the foot =. police.
Too much license is unfortunately Civ
en- to the creatures belonging to a de-
testable class which preys upon Wo-
men and supplements evil earnings
by, an occasional robbery or murder.
numbers of these utterly worthless
members of society are to be seen on
this or any other fine afternoon sun
ming themselves on the Notifications,
which are the especial. haunts of the
malefactors. One of the first meas
ures toward rendering the town and
environs of Paris secure would be the
suppression of these. i'll favored 1oafers,
whose characters and occupations are
we'll known to the police. ss
Short Of Draconian laws against
these people there are other measures
to be taken that should result in some
amelioration of the summer Grim of
Paris. Appeal should be made to the
good taste and patriotism Of certain,
journals who specialize iii criminal de-,
tails, whose daily dole of murder, sui
eide and spoliation is a succession Of
stimulation to the weak Drained to go
and do likewise. The theatres, too, are
not without blame. Lately we have
seen a series Of positively horrible
dramas, onae in which a woman Is
strangled before the audience in the
most realistic manner, and in much.
the way In which poor English Wo.
man appears to have met her death
There is too lenient an eve cast on I'M
elements to crime, and that is, / be-
iieve, the cause. of a great cause of a
great deal of it. No wonder deputa-
ton from the City Council is urging
the government to abolish executions,
which is the apotheosis and gratifca-
tfon of the criminal. Without adver-
tisement he would leargeIy cease to be.
Paris correspondent of the London Pail
Mall Gazette. @88