WORLD'S COMMON ENEMY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 14 May 1925, Page 7

WORLD'S COMMON ENEMY.

Fighting Crime in Many Lands.

INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

ADVOCATED

By Cable-—Press Aaaooiatica—C'opyngCti. lieuter’a Telegram.. (Received May id, b. 6 p.m.) ixiivv 1 oiUi, luay i2.

Calling for Yvond wiue co-uporauon m ngULiug crime, jir Tueiiuru jjuiigiiL oi tne xnlornauonai ir 0.u.c0 \.oniereuee) in an auuress at me opening session or tno tint'd Biennial umveuuon, urged. Hie nations to ‘‘forget tneir mutual rivalries in fighting u, common enemy.” About nve hundred representatives of every civilised country attended. Plea tor Prison Reform. A plea lor prison reform, in connection with, tne punishment of continued criminals, was made by Sir Robert Peacock (Chief Constable of Manchester, England) before the conference. air Robert .said that prisoners should have an earning capacity equal to tne expense of their keep by the State, and in the case of married men part of the earnings should go to the upkeep of the family. Success of English Methods. Captain Gower (.president- of the Chiei Constables Association of England and Wales) declared that crime conditions in England were dealt with efficiently by the present policy and system. “As a democratic people, the English are satisfied with the local policy of control, and would resent any infringement by a national government.” With a population of 38,000,000 in England and Wales, in 1923, the police had only seventeen cases -of murder to prosecute. Freo State Methods. General O’Duffy (Commissioner of the Civic Guard of Dublin) reported that he had built up an efficient force for the Irish Free State. The Irish police officer was not allowed to carry any weapon, but must rely on moral suasion for the apprehension of his man.