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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 7, 1938

The China Mail

Ninety-Third Year of Publication

co-Polish alliance.

The possible transfer of the Cameroons to Germany.

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Germany. But for the other points, there was neither denial nor confirmation.

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indicated, admirable institutions, but it was even more important to get cases rightly decided in the first instance. From that point of view he had sometimes won- dered whether the best system of promotion to the Bench, would not be to appoint a judge first of all to the House of Lords and let him learn his business there, then "promote" him to the Court of Appeal, and then to the High Court and after all that exper- ience he would be really fit to be advanced to a County Court judgeship.

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FRANCE AND GERMANY

But surely that need not be the end of his triumphant pro- gress from top to bottom. Hay- Some curious things have been ing proved his ability in the happening in Paris. Although County Court his name might the idea of a general election has then go forward as one who was been dropped, with the utter de-qualified to become a fully fledg- feat of the left in the general ed J.P.-or even a special con- strike test of public feeling, a stable.

But one difficulty rapprochement with Germany. about having all the wisest and or at least the, semblance of one most experienced heads sitting in -election, continues to has at the courts of first instance might last been brought to the stage of be that there would be no work signature of a No-War Declara- at all for the courts of appeal. tion by M. Bonnet, the Foreign And in that case how would the Minister. If it were simply a judges who began there ever get case of strengthening peace in the experience that they would Europe no one would criticise be expected to display when they these efforts, but there is a wide-had been elevated to the lower spread impression that there are rungs of the legal ladder? It some curious party consideration all sounds very difficult; in spite behind them, and some of the of its drawbacks we shall pro-

means contemplated in certain bably have to remain faithful to quarters for attaining this sem the older system of judicial pro- blance of a "Franco-German motion.

peace" are rousing suspicions.

It is known that certain French

Cabinet Ministers attached great

importance to the visit of M. Detective Procedure Francois-Poncet (the retiring

exactly

The report which has been is-

French Ambassador in Berlin); to Berchtesgaden What happened there is not known, but sued by the Departmental Com- the visit was not simply a fare-mittee on Detective Work and well call and something substantions which have, presumably Procedure makes recommenda- tial was discussed, for from that been based solely on the desire to onward some rather enigmatic facilitate the detection of crime; conferences have been taking but some of them need also to be place in Paris.

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considered from the point of view M. Daladier himself has in the of public rights. The proposed past aways shown a great inter-increase in the power of the po- est in a possible agreement be lice in England permitting the tween France and Germany, for search of premises and the instance, when he was War Min- rest of persons without a war- ister at the end of 1993 it was rant is limited to cases in which with his special encouragement the police are trying to trace that M. de Brinon (one of the stolen property; but it has ob- leading lights of the rather my-vious dangers. There will be sterious Comite France-Allemag some sympathy with the propós- ne) was sent to Berlin, where he als for restricting the activities produced his famous “Matin" in- of journalists in working up

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be called upon to give evidence in Certain things are now known court. Legislation, the Commit- regarding the lines on which M. tee thinks, is needed to prohibit Daladier and M. Bonnet may reports which are likely to pre- have been working.

Judice the investigation of crime. The main, apparently, was The use which is being made of the Franco-German declaration the Official Secrets Act shows on the lines of the Chamber- how easily legislation of this kind lain-Hitler declaration at Mu- can be abused. An Act designed nich. Behind it, however, and to prevent nefarious journalism alleged to lie.

might be so applied as to milk- A free hand for Germany in tate seriously against the public Eastern and Central Europe. interest. On safer ground is the The unobtrusive abandon-proposal that a greater use ment of the Franco-Soviet pact, Ishould be made by the police of and, perhaps, even of the Frán- the resources of science.