New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
TWO GREAT POLICE SYSTEMS

sssre is one grave and radical difference he
tween The conditions IN these two great police
te~steres-the reputation OF the London detec-
- FAR honesty, whatever il NAV he for ef3
;ncv is absolutely unQuestioned bv either the
1ytlic whom they serve, or the lawbreakers
aealnst whom they operate, and equally so is
.fe honesty and integrity of the heads of the
ss1srtment who make the selections and pro-
a9tions in the force This difference between
tbe two forces is radical and farreaching. The
ast;nate IN which the public hold the poIice is
,be measure of police efficiency The New
york police Will. in my judgment under able
honest and wise leadership, eventually gain a
rosition equal 10 that of the London police
When that is done, the police question in New
Work Will be solved, and its early solution de-
rends largely on the people themselves, be-
csuse in a country like this, no matter what
may be said, after all the people not only get
tIe government they deserve but what thew
want and they are, therefore, entitled to no
better.
There are fewer mounted men in proportion
70 the force than in New York and it is no
criticism of the London police to saw that
neither the men nor the mounts appeared to me
IS good or attractive looking as those we have
rr are they used as freely or as advantageous
H. IL may be permitted to say it, as in New
Erk,
i requires vigilance and activity on the mart
the pedestrian to cross London streets In
sfety. Indeed, in many respects they are even
more dangerous than those of New York and
70 THIS condition the sWarming omnibuses con-
ribute generously. The taXicab is rapidly re-
placing the hanson and the four-wheeled vehi-
de- To my great surprise these vehicles are run
through the crowded streets at a comparatively
high rate OF speed, and there are a great
number OF them ] am astonished that there are
not more William McAdoo, IN The
Century.
A FAMOUS SALON OF CICERO'S TIME.
TIE salon of CIoda on the Palatine and in her
villa on the seaShOre at Baise drew together the
.oremost politicians, poets and orators of the
uae-inen Of the older generation, like Cicero
fnd Metullus, young men like her brother Clo-
dius, tie brilliant and erratic tribune or Celius
RhoHn cicero calls the best informed politician
in Rome" The burning eyes of CIodia which
Cicero celebrates in his fierce attack upon her
her brilliant wit, her versatile character, Ilsr
skill as dancer. her abandon and bohemianism
her Claudian pride and contempt for popular
opinion are all marks of that fiery Southern
temperament which could find middle course
between love and late, which would hesitate for
sCruple and be thwarted by no obstacle from
gratifying her desires satisfying her thirst for
revenge, which would be tickle it would
be relentless toward fickleness in others. It is
her glory and her misfortune that her character
and exploits have been painted by the most
gifted poet, the greatest orator and one of the
most brilliant wits If her time. She tired OF
Catullus, and he poured upon her all the viais
Of his wrath and scorn. She failed to ensnare
Cicero, and she avenged herself upon him by
driving him into exile and taking his property
from him. She Jilted and laughed at by
the once devoted CRlius, and consequently
brought a charge of attempted murder against
him and almost cOmpaSsed his ruin. Whether
she deserved the abuse which Catullus heaps
Ep0n her in his later poems, whether she merits
the epitaph OF the 'three-cent Clytemnestra'
which Calius puts upon her, is 'the Palatine
Medea" whom Cicero paints in his defence of
Calius, We may never kDow.-trank Frost
Abbott, in Scribners.