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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2668, 13 January 1916, Page 6

The question as to what has become of the criminals and "work-shys" of England, for whom the "hospitality of the workshop is no longer required, is answered by Mr. Begbie thus: "Will you believe it, they are earning their bread by honest work? Yes I That is the wonderful truth. And think what it means. It means that, war or no war, we should have emptier prisons -and emptier workhouses if only there was work for all. . . . War has come to us, shaking down a vast uumbor of old ideas, and among these ideas is the widespread prejudice concerning the tramp and criminal. Givo them a chanco of work, decent work, at a, living wage, and they will prove J themselves as honest as the rest of us. Only work is required. Provide work and you sweep' away crime and wastenot all crime and all waste—but an immense amount of crime and a considerable amount of waste. It is worth thinking about." While the philosophy ■—"thoro'd always be a few crooked people"—of a member of the class for whom Mr. Begbie speaks up so strongly, must ever remain sound, to many elderly men among others in the Old Country $10 war seems to lmvo brought opportunities for employment that lmvo been ' gratefully seized. i