The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-21


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~ eveni&E ~ discussed the
nn Il crime Is prevalent il he
- eIons cenlers az the country ana
pnted nome facas ana flenrey fhat
1eaftled and surprised many IN his
lAr1e and much interested conzrexn :
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~. aeArfhur said a wave al
crime Il eridenfiy sweeping over
4nex1oa. There Is virffra1lv ! deln..
- murders, burxla1ies robberies and
ufher forms of crime. Recently ii
ctica&o the new police chief la.
reon1ed W more than ! thousand
e1fl1ens Of the underworld There il
hoRe that improvement may now
cQ4e u Chicago. but New York Il
sin a the mercy Of all forms 81 evil.
Buf1nG the past four months nearly
e4.0ee. - worth Of property has been
stn1en there. Ii il stated that IN
PhiIadeiphia during the firss eleven
mnnths az 1921 there we're one han
dred nnrle's. n Pittsburgh there
has been great Increase Of crime.
and thirteen murders are stilI un-
solved In Cleveland the record
ahovs for part Of the past year sew
enty murders. In New York during
the year 1913 there were I'll muir
ders. How does this awful record
compare with the city Of LONDON
There during the sans period, with 4
population somewhat larger than that
Of New York. there were but nine
teen murders.
There Is as great a variety Of
populations in London as in the city
OF New York The murders in London
are not an unsolvea problem. In
nearly every case the guilty are
known and have been convicted
How shall we account 70 ne pre-
vasence Of crime ia tha United
statesy
IL It due to or large percentage
OF foreigners!
So some have supposed BIT il
has been skswn by carefully prepared
statistics that this Is not the real
cause.
is il due 10 an inefficient police
system?
This certainly is che chief cause
u the city of New York we nave 4
Tammany mayor and Tammany po-
lice force. Both mayor and police are
under the dictatioa Of the worst po-
fitical. organization In the Whale
world When | was IN India few
years ago a leading Brahasin, who
Was city Official In Bensrss. con-
graduated himself and his rlty. that
however bad. hssthenixna Right ne
his city had no Tsmmang hail. 0s-
corrupt politics will account II 20
small part for the prevalence q crime
The return OF SO nAny so.'isers xho
have long been accustomed - asekss
OF violence aud who are nov sat q
regular employment Is responsible
in part for tie crimes Of the fas
But beyond All these considerations
il the further tact thai The AuferIcan
pespie hold .aw in light esteem This
L ssen BY The prevalence OF lsuehins
Three white men, not 70 speak q
many black men. wsre lYneAed a. oEs
time. a week ago, Ia California. This
same BrahniE 20 whcn ! hsse alluded
saia 10 me.
Call home all OF YnHr sdiSsian
aries from India TO teach your sas
ages in America Yours = The oaay
nation in the world today sAs1 shoots
and bafss. men without eoavsetisss. o
even trial Fca are tAe most a4~sess
@ua gave me 4 very bad half hour.
He spoke too xurch trnth. had as i
.u4f,cracv. mohocoracy = worse. 4