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Of the many phases in the Hobbs case which have interested the public, one of the most perplexing has been that of im munity How came it that tus Master Rogue has recuped justice until he was more than 80 years of age? How did
HUMOUR IN DIPLOMACY. MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD ON ITS VALUE.
Mr. MacDonald. Lender of the Opposi tion, was the chief guest nt the annual dinner of the Parliamentary Bress Gal lery, which was held recently at the House of Conimons
The chair was occupied by Mr. Michael he succeed in getting away with a quar-MacDonagh The Times), chairman of the ter of a million of pounds without some Gallery Committee, and Mr. T. Warner ustute policespun toaching him upon the then (forming test) proposed the const shoulder and saying, "You are the man of The Leader of the Opposition. We want
Front the
Mr. MacDonald, responding. said he A strange accident-that happy dis- confessed that in his wildest moments he putation between. rogues which some never had any ambition to be Prime times leads to calamity-delivered him linister, but in certain motots, which he still considered were very sane, be at last into the meshes of the Law and
did entertain the ambition of being a has sent him to hard Inbour for a couple member of the staff that sat upaloft.and | of yours. Yet all the world knows now that prison should have had him perhaps naked down upon erring mortals on the the back benches of Bench and the 30 years ago, and the public continues to
House
ouse of Commous. (Laughter.). be astounded that he has so long escaped On such an occasion one was nos ex- the mills of God. though the proverb pected to contribute anything of a serious. reminds is of their tardiness.
character, but he confessed he often felt This, I say, is the general, attitudes he would like to know what was in the
have given some
of the members of the Press Gal- hearta but those of us who taberious hours to the study of criminelery; he knew when he read their articles logy, are in no way surprised by those what was in their imagination. (Laugh- "revelation.
We know that there are ter.) He would like to know where they amid us to-day griminals whose records got their information sometimes; who it
was that gave them those
graial
tales no novelist could surpuss, and we are
which, if any filled their politics! hearts perfectly well aware that the police know about them; while they, in their turn with delight, led their human hearts know that the polier now and are quite with sympathy. Those who sat down
stairs and tried quite honestly to do their content that it should be go.
best for the country-(hear, bear)-knew that the British House of Commons owed the Press Gallery a very great debt of gratitude.
FINDING THE "MOS."
Some of these people are blackmailers, some are curd-sharpers. some are confid ence trick experts-but these constitute the smaller fry: and it may safely be said that the master minds are none of these things professionally but only by accident: that their main mission in life is the exploitation of mugs" and thei: chir netivity the pursuit of thera.
SAFETY VALVE OF DIPLOMACY.
He was not quite sure that our coun try was altogether in the strong and healthy and powerful position which they would all like to see it occupy. They had enormous difficulties to overcome. and great probems not merely to solve in-
No doubt Hobbs was of this company of the elect: and we have heard, since tellectually, but to handle diplomatic- his trial, of one unfortunate youth who ally. There was as much in the handl was robbed by the Hobbs gang of smug of a problem as in the intellectual hundreds of thousands of pounds. 1,approach to a problem. myself, was some years ago the anaitor
He was borrified the other day to hear
of a suggestion from a notorious and member of the House of Commons say masterly criminal, now doing penal sei.that fie regretted that humour was ap- vitud, to a famous motor manufr turer Peartag in diplomacy. Humour was the that-any-rich-mugs who came to buy one safety valve of diplomacy. He would come very near to giving away a secret motor cars might be sent on to the City when he said he was once present when office of the magnate in question, there
a certain negotiation had reached not to be dealt with as events dictated,
only a critical atage, but a stage at which Had my friend bea a dishonest mun, muk
most of the representatives of their instead one of the most scrapulously countries took it for granted that the fair dealers I have ever encountered, no whole thing had broken down,
The ship doubt he would have sent his rich young had stranded, and there appeared to be off the rocks, men into the City as requested, and there no chance of getting they would have bought blocks of worth when one of the members in a general less shares, fonted companies with obway floated it by a casual humorous re- jects presently to be disclosed," and
After it was made they were generally hastened to learn that there happy and contented and they got out of is more in heaven and earth than is their as. It was that good humour, that dreamed of in our philosophy" But a friendly approach, whether between the forcible negative was the answer-and Front Bench and the Press Gallery or the magnate went empty Away.
between diplomatists, which enabled them to solve all the problems that threatened to divide them and keep them in a hope less state of antagonism.
LIGHT SIDE OF BORDER-LINE.
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Let us not forget that many of these so-called "operations are within the law even if the border-lian be danger. It is not necessarily
criminal to
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BRITISH PRAISED JOURNALISM. ously approche de foolish youth to Press Gallery would observe and preserve in performing their work he hoped the buy shares which have no value; not the nest traditions of British journa necessarily criminal to get him to start lism. There was no journalism like company foredoomed to failure from their British journalism, and no other
the outset not necessarily criminal toyoursalism bad such traditions Press play cards with him when he is drunk. Proposing the toast of
and to win bage suns from him; not tallery," Mr. MacDonald said that, so necessarily criminal to be in partnership long as democracy voiced itself through with a
a pretty woraun who will fleece him representative institutions, so long 43 outrageously and baud over soms of the public freedom remained the foundation proceeds to her paramour.
of policy, so long as this country
public These things can be done and the Law Latood for constitutional evolution as op Pefied: while, even if the transactions posed to unconstitutional revolution, so be dubious, these rogues are
ne we had faith in progresa, which such good long
of institu constant adaptation fellows," and the mug so often the most was verdant of Ferdant Greens that the tions to new time-so long as that re- his mained the genius of our British people idea of prosecution never enters
our pation, head; and while he can drink as much and the proud distinction. as he pleases, ride about in noisy motors long would the Parliamentary repre- cars of great horsepower, and be seen alatives of British journalism in the House of Commons be a very important with this or that Lady of the Thrat:
body and an extraordinarily glorious he is content to be dangled upon the
Institution. wires and often is so Jangled mutil driak and the devil have done for him and he has neither the brain to Teinem. ber nor the will to resent. He diga un bonoured and unsung, and in a few months time even his very same is for gotten by those who have robbed him
£70,000 A YEAR.
Some years ago i sat with a well known detective in a restaurant off the Strand. There were as a neighbouring cable three well-dressed and two quite pretty women. From my friend the defectise I learned that this quintet shared a sun rarely less than £70,000 a year, and that they were us safe fromN arrest as the Dr of St. Paul's.
** They are." he said what we call 'safe players. They choose their victims among people who simply dare not be exposed Highly pieced Civil Servants, famous lawyers, husbands of rich wives, great wildiers all these are their guarṛs, We can do nothing because those who pay them will do nothing... and outside the blackmail, they are as barta less na curates at ten Yet they make fine mony, and I would give half a to be able to lay my hands
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In another instance I was introduced to a stately person, told that he owned two Rolls-Royce cars. given to under- stand that his country place was magni. ficent, and generally invited to look and Belgium in the gune und ad upon him as one before whom the ordi sooner had the unfortunate youth cater nary mortal should bend with humility. ed upon the field of fashion than the Subsequently, I learned that this dogs were loosed and the gone away scoundrel had begun by taking Buts was heard. In this manner my stately in the West End of London pail there Crook was supposed to have amassed playing chemy." From that he had half a million of money, and I could gone on to other flats." of the human well believe that the story was true. kind: young men with money and rich Obviously, the police could not touch young women with fortunes of their him, and I doubt not he went to church Of these fortunes he quickly re on Sunday with a large prayer-book in lieved them, and in the end he organized his hand.
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I meet you at the Corinthian Club - then they deserve what they get. The majority never opens its mouth when it is swindled and how is Scotland Yard Ito know T.
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