The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-07
LONDON POLICE
 GETTING PUFFED UP Guardians of Peace Come to Study Their Methods FROM OTHER CITIES England Is Now Experiencing n Big Trade Boom Inspitc of Howls
 of Politicians and Free
 Trade
FROM OTHER CITIES


 Lcndon policeman is justly proud these days, for from three of the largest cap tals in Europe famous chiefs of police have come to study his ways and meth ods Herr von Jagow head of the Der i'm police force, M. Lepine, chief of tht Paris police and Stephen Khrouleff, ohiei of the St. Petersburg police. who al have had plenty of chances to handle unruly mobs. have met to study the Lon don Bobby" dealing with the enormous crowds in the streets of London.
 Herr von Jagow came first and, thougf knowing him to harobr anything bull friendly feelings for foreign journalists especially those with a powerful govern ment behind them, l picked mp sufficient courage 10 beard him in his lair and found him very pleasant fellow. asked him if he knew anything about the coming of his colleagues from abroad and whether their simultaneous arriya here meant that a conference was to be held
 Not that I know of, he said. with a smile. T shall be delighted to meet colleagues from other capitals, but am not aware of any arrangement for a conference"
 asked him if he meant to study Eng fish methods of dealing with criminals.
 T may do so. was the reply. '1 shall
 
 If have time But I have never been to London before. and my object Is mainly to study the methods of controll- ing the street traffic. You have an enor- nous street traffic here l understand, and its management is famous"
 But your street traffic in Berlin is well controlled. is il not?'
 Herr voa Jagow admitted this was so, and a friend of his who was present re- marked that even the crowds at night they are said to be the biggest in any European capital--were splendidly han dled and well behaved.
 "Friedrichstrasse and other streets in the heart of Berlin at 1 and ? o'clock in the morning.. remarked this gentle man, "are crowded with gay, but respec- ta ble throngs. and restaurant life Is in full swing, but there is no trouble. / Herr von Jagow will visit Liverpool if he can find time Adroitly he declined to be drawn into a discussion on the recent Meahit riots, although he laugh ingly admitted that the police had been criticised.
 But then they always are" he added, especially by some people,
 And a riot when revolvers are used has to be put down., remarked his col league from Charlottenburg.
 Greatly to the annoyance of politicians who in the recent campaign have tried to prove that free trade is running the country, England is experiencing a big trade boom.
 The recent gigantic export returns showed how prosperous were some of the biggest of the English industries. There is a boom at Northanington, and last night news came of a great awakening in the Nottingahm lace and hosiery trade and in the Scotch woolen trade.
 Indeed. Scotch tweed manufacturers have received so many orders for next season that they are being forced to re- open mills which have long been disused.
 The leading tweed manufacturers have acquired additional mills, and all now in full operation-a state of affairs un- known in the border towns for many years Scotch and Yorkshire makers are now combining to end piracy on the part of foreigners of their newest designs and colorings.
 For many years trade in Birmingham and the adjacent district has been under a cloud, but The Daily Chronicle corres- pondent telegraphs that it is now show ing a remarkable revival, especially in lace curtains and hosiery goods. Every available curtain making machine, he says, is working a high pressure and the orders on hand are sufficient to keep fac tories fully employed for several months.
 There is being developed in Ireland an industry which is likely to add much TO the material prosperity of that country. The tobacco and cigar manufacturers of the British Isles draw their supply from various sources as widely distributed as Sumatra and Cuba, the Philippine ls- lands and the United tSates, China and Brazil Here close to hand market Is now being opened Up which is full of promise.
 Let 1t not be forgotten that tobacco. at one time. was grown extensively in Ire land for commercial purposes as well as in England and Scotland, but the iron heel of James I and his successors ef- fectually stamped out the industry.
 Recent experiments carried on by the government have shown that nearly ev- cry kind of tobacco may be grown in Ireland and the actual area now under cultivation is 120 acres, comprising f9 acres of pipe tobacco, 2S acres of cis- arctic and 19 acres of cigar tobacco,