Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-07
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

The report. OF the London commissioner
% police for 1904, though presenting figures
which in the aggregate seem TO show that
life and property are very unsafe in the
worlds metropolis, in reality proves that
the great capital is one of the safest ur-
ban communities in the world. The auth
orized strength OF the London metropolitan
police force Is nearly 1900 men, who are
expected to protect population Of about
100000, ALL OF them as the London Express
puts 1t, more or less tainted with original
sin" Yet of this huge population only
126530 were arrested during the year. In
addition to 'those arrested, 112,723 defend
ants were Summoned" before magistrates
for trivial offenses.
One Londoner in twenty-eight appeared
before a magistrate in obedience to some
form of compulsory process. In thousands
OF instances the offenses charged, were of
such venial types as riding on the steps
Of omnibuses, cleaning carts in the road
way and neglecting to sweep chimneys, an
important requirement in London, affecting
the fire risk. The many arrests for petty
breaches of the law show that the London
police keep very close watch on the streets.
From the birth Of the Mexican republic
to date the government and the Yaquis
have been almost continuously at war. The
tribe claims to be Independent and has
steadily refused to accept Mexican rule.
Every effort Of the Mexican government
to enforce its authority has met with armed
resistance. Every attempt at the alienation
OF their lands has invited massacre. 1t
has been represented at various times that
the tribe was subjected but subsequent
events invariably proved the assertion to
be false. General Torres, who conducted
the last Yaqui campaign, adopted the cruel
policy OF determination, spaTing neither
men. women or children, in the hope Of
establishing Mexican sovereignty over the
tribes territory. The contract entered in
20 with the Imperial japanese Colonization
company is virtually open confession
of the failure of Torres policy and the cam
paign and an admission that the Yaquis
are as far as ever from being subjugated.
Recently negotiations for peace were made
by the government, but they failed because
the Yaquis dictated terms which could not
be accepted. Now the government admits
its inability TO cope with the problem with
its own military organization and is about
to try the doubtful experiment of enlisting
an alien race to attempt its solution The
scheme is, at best, a risky one the alien
element introduced may become much
of a source OF trouble to the government
as the Yaquis now are, for the japanese
colonists may ultimately find the task OF
policing the Yaquis more difiicult and less
profitable to them than that Of cooperating
with the tribe against Mexican aggTessions.
The poverty OF India Is directly due to
the fact that the economic policy of the
] government has ruined industries and re-
4 duced the county TO depending for its sup
! port entirely on agriculture. Originally
/ India was a manufacturing country, and
had a large export trade. This has been
| suppressed by high duties, and importation
| has been encouraged. For example. cot
/ ton goods manufactured In India are 30
heavily taxed tor home consumption that
| they have no advantage OF prices over the
cotton goods OF Lancaster. AgrieuituTists
are reduced 10 poverty on account OF the
nigh land tax and the vigorous land policy.
The land tax Is uncertain liable 10 re-
vision now and then, and the government
professes a right to 80 per cent OF the
economic rent, and sometimes 20 more in
the shape OF land cesses. The poverty Of
the country may be judged by the oficial
/ estimate that the average income OF a
man in India is SO a year, and that 1000
900 OF the population go 10 bed every night
without a second meal Thus. there ex-
| lists throughout India normal condition