The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-16
AT THE HOTELS.

s. Takeda, T. Miyata. and z Inouye OF
Tokyo. Japan, are at the shorehsn.
When asked for a short interview, one
OF them replied over the house phone
considerable parley, the japanese finally
invited the newspaper man TO their room.
They were seated around a big table
drinking lemon sodas and other bever ages
and smoking cigarettes. When their at
tention was called to the fact that they
had very quickly finished their bath, they
laughed and eyed the interviewer In such
q manner as TO say. You're easyl"
They were asked many questions con-
corning japanese politics. business. in
vention. literature, the army, the navy.
Marchuria. Korea, Russia, China. the
open door, policy In Manchuria, the
Russo-Japanese pact, and everything
else. The only reply they vouchsafed
was a sly. foolish laugh. They admitted
being army officers: that's about ALL and
excused themseives-in excellent English
because they could not speak English"
Speaking about shoplifters IN New York
and department store detective work,
John S. McGonigle, private detective
of New York. who was seen at the Riggs
last night, said: Arrests are 50 seldom
made openly in the large department
stores that the prevalence Of shoplifters
is hardly known to the shoppers IN gen
eral If an expert shoplifter is detected
at work, the chance is usually given the
culprit to leave the store, so as not 70
make complete charge TO warrant
sentence for crime. Many OF the expert
shoolifters when touched on the shoulder
in store quickly get rid OF their booty
by dropping it on the floor or on the
counter and then setting up the plea that
the articles caught In hooks in their
dresses, or that they were just carrying
the goods from counter to counter at
the request Of a shop girl.
MANY Of the customers in certain de-
| partment stores" continued MIR. Nc
+, Gonigle, have 70 be watched closely
from high stations, In cash counters or
parcel places, so that the experts viii
not ply their trade in the open In ad-
dition TO the large pockets which these
| >
they frequently resort 10 many skiIful
means of stealing and eoneeelIng the
goods False pockets in sleeves and large
| muffs In winter time are the means usu-
ally employed In pilfer
The hardest kind OF persons for the
department store detectives to deal with
are the women who are well-to-do. and
some even rich, who are tempted In the
large crowds to steal. as they feel with
out chance OF detection. When case
of this kind becomes known. every effort
is made to keep the matter quiet, and the
kleptomaniacs are released, so that no
undue notoriety is given 10 the firm be-
cause of the arrest Of a woman shopper.
Many poor women become shoplifters
around the holidays. having hardly any
idea Of their crimes, and keeping in
mind only the little happiness they can
cause their children By ill-gotten pres
ents. The appearance Of these women ii
the police courts is sometimes pitiable.
Whenever anything goes wrong IN tbs
! world OF international politics or diplo
macy. or commerce or invention. Ger
many gets the blame, according 10 Herr
Walther Reichmann, Of Hamburg, wh'
is at the Raleigh. Mr.. Reichmann is con
nected with shipping interests and is hers
on business 1T is too amusing for any
thing TO ressl in the papers how Eng
J land, Japan, France. Russia, and abou
every other country blame Germany 1
anything goes wrong with them. VII.
it is that my country should be made
the scapegost for everything under tn
sun 1 cannot quite understand. although
1 can easily explain the sources Of thi
anti-German sentiment.
Australia has never been friendly I
the Japanese. and has always enter
tanned fears that II anything ever hap
, pens TO disturb the alliance between Eng
. land and Japan their country VIII b
the first TO feel the mailed fist OF japan
Australia is taking time by the fore
lock and is making all sorts OF law
to prohibit the japanese from acquirin
residence or property IN Australia. Tn
peculiar and. al the same time amusin
, part about the whole thing is that IN
Japanese put the blame on Germany 70
this Australian measure. They say TIA
Germany is responsible for IL. which. b
the way, speaks rather poorly for tn
Australian lawmakers, If It were true.
would show that they are open to foI
eIgn influences in their home Legislature
OF course, there is not word OF trut
in the whole thing.
Another sensational anti-German piec
I, of news was published few days ag
in connection with the South America
troubles between Madriz and Estrada
was claimed that Germany had defe
America and the Monroe doctrine, an
that coaling station had been promise
Germany provided that country took
u stand against the United States in ne
attitude toward Nicaragua.
Then Germany is responsible for nah
ing trouble in Persia. where she d.
> mands the open-door policy and vii
!. not sit still and permit Russia and Ems
Il land to divide the country between then
0 TO the exclusion Of others.
I s'The whole thing would be ridiculou
d IL so many people did not believe whs
: the newspapers say. English influence
l. are at work in the press of the who
world against Germany"