The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-17
ny la MARauIsE DE roNTENoY.

n IR EDWARD HENRY. who has Just
been created a knight grand
~ cross Of the Victorian Order FOR
his services as chief commissioner OF
the Metropolitan Police. and us such,
responsible under Lord Kitchener for
all the police arrangements during the
coronation, is, like several OF his pre-
decessors at Scotland Yard. former
Ang!o-lndian police official, and re-
ceived his Star OF India for his police
services in King Georges great In
dian dependency. where he contributed
in no small degree 10 the suppression
OF thuggism. He was for nine years
Inspector General OF Police In Bengal.
and introduced in india the present
system OF identification OF criminals by
finger prints. after he had convinced
himself OF The impossibility OF secur-
ing accuracy, at any rate in India,
through the Bertillon method or an
thropometry. During the South Atri-
can war. Lord Miner. who was then
Governor General there. demanded and
secured his services Afterwards. on
leaving South Africa he went TO Eng
land, 10 succeed Sir Robert Anderson,
n 8 chief OF the Criminal investigation
Department. and two years afterwards
became chief commissioner OF Metro
politan Police. Sir Edward is a very
silent. unassum!ng, and, withal. gen.
erous man. whom children instructive
Is like. and 10 whom animals of every
Kind take. lie is crack polo player
and has been as successful in stalking
6tags in Scotland as formerly in shoot
ing tigers in Indian Jungles. His In
dian experience has proved invaluable
For the Indian secret service is the
most maGniticently equipped in the
world, and is, perhaps. the principal
or at any rate. the most powerful
agency BY which Great Britain keeps
under proper control and subsection
the entire Indian empire, with its 800.
900. 600 population, adept. as all Orien
tails are In every form OF intrigue. and
devoid OF that sense of right and wrong
which exists amongst civilized ma
tons. There are all the semi-indepen-
dent rulers and chiefs TO be watched
and at times to he restrained. and that
always in the most quiet, tactful and
occult manner. One frequently hears
that India is held in check by the 60.-
900 or 10000 British troops that are
scattered over its immense area But
that Is altogether a misleading state
ment. II is accomplished by the secret
political police department at Calcutta
which has its ramifications extending
in every quarter of Hindustan, and its
agents. native and European. at every
Indian court, and in every sphere of
Indian life and society.
The Criminal Investigation Depart
ment of England. of which Sir Edward
was the chief. after clearing Jon l.
nesburg, the Transvaal and the Orange
River Colony. of the European scum
that had remained there after the
overthrow of the Boer republic COM
prises some 200 picked officers, who
each has the rank Of inspector The
cream of this force lis employed in
connection with what is known as
political crime work, and they are as
sisted in this by a number of secret
agents belonging to every class of So
ciety. and of whom Major lie Caron
was notable type This Criminal In
vestigation Department has a large
secret fund at its disposal. and in the
years 1881 to 1885, when dynamite
activity was at it's worst, bills for IN
formation reaching $4,000 were on
several occasions paid. while similar
sums ranging from $500 to $4,000 We're
being paid all the time. The pay OF
the inspectors, and of the secret agents
varies according TO the work on whic n
they are employed. The ten or more
! inspectors permanently maintained on
this side of the water receive on an
average of $1,000 a year and expenses
They are mainly employed in looking
after the American ends of the revo-
lutionary movement in India, which
draws a considerable amount OF its
funds. and much OF It's moral backing.
from misguided philanthropists. who
conceive that they are contributing to
| lndia's welfare by cndeavoring to
emancipate that great empire from the
British domination. which alone main
tnihs law, order and respect for life
and property amongst all those hun
| drods Of bitterly rival races.
! Formerly, these Criminal Investiga-
ton Department men here were chief
~ employed in keeping track of the
extreme wings of certain Irish socie-
ties which were absolutely opposed to
| any understanding With England. and