Evening star., 1939-06-08
u. ). Secret Service
Becomes Guard
For Royalty
Scotland Yard Man
Approves Heavy
Precautions
BY IRA WOLFERT.

BY IRA WOLFERT.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, June
N.ANAD History was being made
last night as couple of good neigh
bors moved across the undefended
unarmed border of their kingdom OF
Canada into the United States
King George and Queen Elizabeth
are the names.
1--WE Americans like all the
Georges except the first four" said
Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of
the President. This one is the sixth.
The kind of history that is made
will go into number Of books, from
the social register on up or down,
but the troops we're out last night
to make sure none of it finds its way
into the police books.
The Canadian troops ended right
there and the American troops be-
gan right here, and where the red
coated Canadian Mounties and red
faced Canadian police left off
the United States Secret Service,
equipped with fiat feet, derby hats
and cigars, began. Royalty moved
down the middle like river between
banks, or maybe it was like an
armored truck between banks.
Scotland Yard Approves.
Chief Constable Albert Canning
of Scotland Yard, whose particular
headache is the security of the
state" looks upon all this bulge of
muscle with approval. Better be
sure than sorry" says the constable.
He is lean, supple copper, weigh
ing 1a5, feet tall in his socks, al
though he generally wears shoes, and
usually he carries pipe in the
middle of his red face. He is a
highly rare specimen of cop, reading
detective stories because they are
SO very amusing"
"They make such pother," says
he, about the simplest kind of po-
lice problem-homicides Homicides
are nothing at all. You have the
victim You have the motive. as a
rule. Why, it's nothing at all to
solve"
He is in charge of knocking the
ears off all threats to the state.
When you see him down there, in
Washington and New York, you will
not be able to recognize him. He
wears camou1age-a morning coat
or a tail coat or whatever the oc-
casion requires. He looks like one of
the guests, only better.
Our Shocking Lack of Delicacy.
The British have been looking
very dirty at your royal reporter for
inquiring into these matters, they
feeling that bringing up such things
is like counting the garbage at the
back door of a party. Chief Can
ming, fortunately, does not agree.
and goes on as follows:
IF everything goes as beautifully
in the United States as it has in
Canada, it will be very, very beauti-
full. In nearly 1000 miles of tour
thus far there has. not been dis
covered a single plot against their
majesties. This means all kinds of
plots-crank plots, subverSive plots,
plots for demonstrations of one kind
or another, plots to grab off pub
lcity."
Chief Canning excludes from this
bill of health Sean Russell, the al
legged leader of the Irish Republican
Army now fighting war against
Great Britain" Russell was arrested
in Detroit anyway, he points out
When he is told that both Ameri-
can and Canadian police are report
ed to have made considerable num-
ber OF arrests yesterday on both
sides of Niagara Falls, he says he
has heard nothing of it. You must
remember, though" he says. that
the King is great help to the po-
lice on an occasion like this. He
brings out the crowds. The crowds
bring out the criminals. I don't
doubt that the police may have
been looking long time for some of
the boys and girls they picked off
today"