Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
NOT ALL ARE UNRULY
Only a Part of SuffragetteS
Disturb London.
A MORE EFFECTIVE BODY
Comparison of American and London
Policemen.
POSTMASTER IN ABYSSINIA
British to Help Tobacco Cultivation
in Ireland-Meager Attendance
at the Henley Regatta.
A MORE EFFECTIVE BODY
POSTMASTER IN ABYSS1N1l
Special Correspondence of The star.


| The militant suffragettes have again
been with u.s. but the violence which
led to the arrest of twenty-five of them
! outside the house of commons Tuesday
night was largely the outcome of their
evaporation at the fiasco produced earlier
in the afternoon This section of the
womans suffrage party. which must not
be confused with the saner and more
effective body of sympathiZers WIN the
cause. was obviously jealous of the adj
mirable demonstration the peaceful advo-
Gates had in the Albert Hall fortnight
ago. They thought they must demon
strate the advantages of rowdyism or
the credit of advancing the movement
would fall to other hands. So they or
ganiZed another raid on the house OF
commons and proclaimed their intentions
from the housetops. The deputation
| chosen was of the ominouS number OF
| thirteen. and there competition to
be included in it. but the fact is small
| body of women, who are well paid from
| the funds, run this aggressive move
ment. and they restrict to themselves the
| opportunities for notoriety. They aimed
| at having spectacular struggle with
| the police amid shrieks of towards!
and votes for women!
Imagine their surprise and mOrtlfica-
! ton when a body of police appeared and
proceeded to carefully escort them to the
| house of commons. Here was no oppor-
tunity for disturbance: on the contrary,
the ladies were handled as guests of
| honor and protected from the bowling
| mob. Seeing that their desire was to
be arrested and ''martyred," their chagrin
was irresistibly funny to the eye of the
| maa in the street Arrived at the house
they were told the premier could not
| be seen. and then they were politely
| escorted back again. 1t was broad farce.
| By the late evening they had deter
mined on rowdy tactics and made indie
| pendent rushes at the house, as we'll
as window visits to the premiers
official residence on Downing street.
| There was a tremendous crowd and pick
| pockets gained rare harvest. Two MEM
| bers of parliament lost their watches.
| though escorted by the police through the
crowd.
AT the police court the suffragettes for
! the most part have talked aggressively
| ana have elected to make themselves
| injured innocents' and go to prison. but
the threat of one of them that she will
| throw bombs next time was an adver-
Using stroke of genius and need not be
| takeI, seriously. Another humorous side
| to the campaign was shown yesterday,
| when the suffra gette convention at the
CaXtOn Hall was cancelled. SO as to per-
| nit the police to be free to attend the
annual police fete at the Crystal Palace.
This tribute to the police is much di-
verting London.
| Charges Against Boobies.
| Writing of the police recalls the report
| of the commission that has been sitting
the charges against the London police. 1t
| is interesting in view of the constant
| comparisons of the American and British
police. to the detriment of the former
| l. has oeen so long in the incubator
that the report which made its tardy ap-
| pearance this week can only be likened
| to an added egg. The leisurely pro-
| ceedings of royal commissions are ia
miliar to all that Sir d. Brynmor Jones
| ami his confreres need not be specially
| singled out for remark Still, the fact
remains that the Blue book-weighty in
| avoirdupois at all events-has occupied
| two years in the Matching. The commits
| sion was issued the 2Sth of May. 1905.
| but it not until July that the COM
| missoners were able to set to work.
| On the whole. the police force of Lon
| don comes SO well out of the inquiry
| that the conclusions cannot in any sense
| be dismissed as embarrassing re-
| port 1t stands to reason that in an
| army of between 5000 and 1900 officers
| and men there must be certain per-
| centage of black sheep, but Londoners
| have been treasured by learning that
| in the deliberate judgment of the COM
| missoners the Metropolitan police force
| is entitled to the confidence of all classes
| of the community The total number
of the men found guilty of misconduct
was only nine. and of whom but one,
/ a sergeant, was of a rank above that of
| ordinary constable
| Perhaps the most unsatisfactory matter
| brought to light was the relations of the
police with street bookmakers. Though
| this kind of bribery, 1t is found, has not
| become an organized system il is clear
! that in their secret dealings the book
maker witnesses who were examined
! acted though the bribery of policemen
| was common and quite credible thing"
| One recommendation seems worthy of at
! tention. 1t Is that an officer duly quail
| fled by a knowledge of law and eXper-
| fence in legal proceedings should be APP
pointed to deal with complainants against
| the police by private persons. for among
! the facts disclosed in the course of the
inquiry nothing is more obvious than that
| aggrieved citizens are subjected Il great
| deal too much to post to pillar" treat
| ment with the scantiest redress after all.
For instance, in one particularly gross
| case of trumping a charge. constable
| received from Assistant Commissioner
| Woodehouse the farcical punishment of
being strictly cautioned" This. in the
opinion of the commissioners. was "inade-
! uuate." but any one who had read the
| evidence as printed in the blue book will
| be disposed to use much stronger
! language.
King Menelik's Postmaster.
| 1t Is learned that the Emperor Menellk
has appointed a Frenchman as postmaster
at Ads Ababa. He has recently taken
up his post there, and it will interest col
| lectors of postage stamps to know that
| Abyssinian stamps are to be used for
prepayment of letters from Abyssinia. AS,
| however Ethiopia is not in the interna-
tional postal union. the labels bearing
| the effigy of the Emperor Menelik will
prepay postage only to Djibouti. on the
| coast and thence French colonial stamps
| will be used
| But any one receiving a letter from
! Abyssinia must not be surprised if he
does not find Meneliks stamp on it, be-
| cause the used Abyssinian stamps, oblit-
| Grated with the Ads Ababa postmark, are
| the perQuisites of NJ. ChafneuX of the
| Harrar railway, and, presumably, will all
| be sent to Paris. to be disposed of by
| him, though unused stamps can, OF
| course. be obtained at Ads Ababa.
| The British government is adopting
| somewhat devious method in dealing with
| tobacco cultivation in Ireland. The chan
| cellor OF the exchequer has promised to
make the excise duty on Irish grown to-
| bacco lower than the import duty, thus
| violating the free trade canon that the
| excise duty on producing taxes
| should approximate nearly as can be
| to the import duty. Now the government
has decided to give assistance in an