Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
PARIS "CRIMINALn MIcRoBE
Hooligans Along Unprotected Suburbs
Better Police Service Wanted.

Fdrls Cor. London Pail Mall Gazette.
PARIS, June 15.-Just when the earth
temperature rises to a certain degree II ia
supposed to release the germs Of infectious
disease, so the criminal microbe seems to be
especially active in the summer heats. It
Is, perhaps, not really So, from a statistical
point OF view, but. at any rate 1t is a mi
crobe that gets itself more talked about
than in the winter. when there are other
matters to occupy the attention of the
newspapers. At this moment, with the
Grand Prix over and the fashionable life
in the boise on the wane we are rapidly
approaching the silly season. when Paris
criminality reaches its high-water mark
in the columns OF the Fats Divers" OF a
truth there is reason for a certain dis
quietude at the prevalence Of crime, not
only at this moment, but during the whole
round of the twelve months.
The central parts of Paris are well and
adequately policed. but the suburbs and
the outer regions are in a deplorable con-
dition Of insecurity. No other conclusion
can be come to from the long series OF
attacks upon the person, murders, rob-
berries and violations which have been set
forth In the police news during the last
eighteen months. A case in point Is the
shocking assassination Of the English
governess. Miss Charlotte Cary, which
Is now occupying the attention of NJ.
Hamard and his sharpest detectives. That
such deed Is possible In broad daylight
and at the very gates Of Paris is no COM
pliment to the police arrangements. I
are. not necessarily to be condemned;
rather, on the contrary, 1t is the limited
budget or grant. that Is at fault. The
police service Is starved 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 can
not obviously perform quite the same serv-
ice as the foot police. Too much license
is unfortunately given to the creatures be-
longing to a detestable class which preys
upon women and supplements It's evil earn
ings by an occasional robbery or murder
Numbers of these utterly worthless men,
bers of society are to be seen on this or
any other fine afternoon summing them
selves on the fortifications, which are the
especial haunts of the malefactor. One Of
the first measures toward rendering the
town and environs of Paris secure would
be the suppression OF these hl-favored
loafers, whose characters and occupations
are well known to the police.
Short Of Draconian laws against these
people there are other measures to be
taken that should result In some ameliora-
ton of the summer crime Of Paris. APP
peal should be made to the good taste and
patriotism OF certain journals who spe-
cialize in criminal details. whose daily dole
Oh muTutT, SuiCiuS dio SpoAdeien - q ooC-
cession Of stimulation to the weak-brained
to go and do likewise. The theaters, too,
are not without blame. Lately we have
seen a series of positively horrible dramas,
one in which a woman Is strangled before
the audience in the most realistic manner
and in much the way in which the poor
English woman appears to have met her
death. There is too lenient an eye cast on
indictments to crime, and that iB. believe,
the cause of great deal OF It. No wonder
a deputation from the city council Is urging
| the government to abolish public execu-
tions, which is the apotheosis and glorih-
cation OF the criminal. Without advertise
ment he would largely cease to be.