The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
Yankee Crooks Give London
 Wide Birth Of Late Years
Continent Is Declared To Offer Bet ter Chances For Skilled Confi= dence Men--En9lish Boys
 Sent To Australia

ssondon. March 21.-AmeTican crooks now give London a wide berth. ssfperintendent William Mccarthy, of che Criminal Investigation Depart ment of Scotland Yard. states that on lya on rare occasions does his depart rnent have to handle a case in which nxs American crook plays part when Frank Froesf. McCarthy's predecessor af,fhe head of the Criminal Investtga- ton Department, was serving his ap- prenticeship as detective inspector. American crooks were so numerous that he was sent several times 70 America to study their habits.
 At present, however, London is suf- ferinz from an invasion of crooks from the colonies Most or these come from Australia and South Africa and they are of the type which resort to violence without hesitation Many of them thrive by blackmaihng veal thy co1oniRIs, who have taken up their residence in London. Some of these residents have pasts, the revelation or which would spell disaster and social oblivion. and the blackmailers who follow them from the colonies Iatfen on this knowledge
 In accounting for the disappearance from London of the American crooks Scotland Yard officials expressed the opfnAon that the shi6ul confidence man finds better openings on the con- tfnent while his less artfu1 colleague finds safer outlet for his energies at home
 The tide of westward en1f grafton has Elackened dectdedty- Four steamships scheduled to sail within the next month have had their advertised de- partures cancelled At this time last year iz was impossible to get even a third class berth on an English liner going to Canada without an order several weeks in advance
 The migration toward Australia continues but diminished in compar- fsou with last year. It is expected to increase soon, however, with the first trial of the government plan to assist English lads to places of aI- preutdceship among South Australian
 Under legislation passsd last ses- sion. the Con1missiouer of Grown Lands and Immigration is empowered to act as guardian of boys taking ad- vantage of the plan, and ample safe interests of the boys as well as the rights of their employers
 The d-st party of boys for Australia will leave Liverpool late this month This party will serve as an expert menf, and if, successful, the plan will be cmRxisd out on a large scale
 I'm the past, Austraha has complain ed that the adult Briton does not read fly adjust himself to rural life in the Anfipodez and. becoming discontent- ed, joins the already overdlled ranks of laber in the cities. leaving the probzem Of rural depopu1ation as acute as ever It is believed that by the time their apprenticeship ends the boys VIII be quite willing to stay on the farms
 Notwithstanding that London has spent @65,o00, 900 during the past ten years in building new hotels or inn proving old ones, largely for the ac- commo<7az1on of American visitors, the hotels are still overcrovded dur ing the tourist season
 It is estimated that 100000 Amer iczns now. pay visits of some length to London during each summer, whereas a few years ago the meropo- lis was declared to be only stopping place for a day or so for tourists bound to the continent
 General Sir Arthur Paget, who com mands the troops in Dublin. at din- ner given him at the Corinthian Club,