Evening star., 1933-06-10
E PETIT MARSEILLAIS, Mar
seille.-The municipal council of
Paris has adopted the memoran-
[ dunn presented to that body bY


the prefect of police recommend
ing an establishment to be maintained
by the city in fashion similar to the
police dog-kennels, where cats of SUI
perior strength and intelligence may be
bred to assist the authorities in the
determination of rats.
An able-bodied he cat, of proper ped
igree and training in addition to his
natural predatory instincts, is the best
rat catcher yet devised, and far more
efficient than the most elaborate scien-
tific contraptions.
The idea of the prefect is to develope
an auxiliary of domestic cats weigh
ing in the neighborhood of five kilo-
grams, which, both by strategy and
prowess, will be able to engage the
rats with far more success than has
been evinced by past feline generations.
For the rat is creature both wise and
wary and amply supplements with his
sagacity any arrears in Size and
strength.
Proposed Liberties
In China Outlined.
China Press, Peiping General prin-
ciples regarding the rights and lib
critics of the people to be embodied
in the proposed permanent constitu-
ton were decided upon at the fifth
regular meeting of the Constitution
Drafting Committee of the Legislative
Yuan yesterday The following is
free translation of these general prin-
ciples:
1. All citizens of the Republic of
China shall be equal before the law,
irrespective of sex, race, religion, caste
or occupation.
2. Citizens of the Republic of China
may exercise the rights of election, re-
call, initiative and referendum in ac-
cordance with law.
5. The people shall have the liberty
of the person. Except in accordance
with law, no person shall be arrested,
detained, tried or punished.
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Charles Dickens Son
Arrives in Egypt.
Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria. - Sir
Henry Dickens, who recently retired
from the post of common sergeant of
the City of London, and Lady Dickens,
have arrived at Port Said. Sir Henry,
who is 83, is the sixth and only sur 1
viving son of the famous novelist.
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Unfairness Scored
On Public Pay Roll.
Patria, San Salvador-The gloomy
paradox of our departmental situation
has long seemed to be that the higher
the salary and the more important the
post, the less is the service rendered
by the office-holder. Quite a large part
Of the unofficial family-that is TO say,
the bulk Of the population-has always
been rather of the opinion that no one
on the pay roll of the government,
whether municipal or national does
any work at ALL This feeling, for all
its usual consensus, is hardly fair We
have seen clerks in the ministerio de
hacienda not only busy, but working
constantly and with unremitting in
terest. Laborers cleaning the streets,
and the police and firemen, burdened
with the safety and protection of our
citizenry, are faithful in the perform
snce of their duties, and the last men
tened also undergo great jeopardies and
hardships without complaint or subter-
fuge. But these, as we have intimated,
represent, after ALL the lower ranks of
political employment. These earn well
their meagerly stipends It viii be
happy day for our country when all |
those of loftier station attend to their |
duties with the same devotion and |