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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY,

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Pity the men who must accept honours...

by LORD HAILSHAM

who attil regress he is no longer Quintin Hogg, M.P,

N New Year's Day the morning papers will contain a list of those whom the queen has honoured. These will include one or two on whom her Majesty will have conferred the highest honour in her power to bestow, a peerago of the United Kingdom.

The names of these gentlemen (for this purpose women are ritually unclean) will have been very em fully screened.

Condynus themselves are approached in c.rcumstances of the utmost secrecy to see whether they one prepared to accept the honour.

In acklion, discreti Inquiries are made buto every conceivable aspect of their private and publie lives to make quite sure that no one whose name goes forward lá in any way unsuitable.

Bui, xitle by side with the published list, there will be a longer and involuntary Honours. Last which will not be published. For a pocrnge of the United Kingdom does not die with the ordial trcipient.

The night and duty to sit in the Lords House of Parliament passes down with the title from petieraciun to generation so long as, lo que from the surely language Di the letters pach, there remein heirs mate of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten."

Sui

No one wa udinises this supplementary list of voluntary prers, No one knows if they are

No one asics if they are willing, nor are they permitted to decline the honour. Ras of know, in the latter jurt

of to: 21h

Red

eratury, Jonny are not suitable

many are not willing.

As a result, it is becoming increasingly to obain an adequate supply of especially from ther Solist Party, except among the elderly

the thirtiess.

pole ne

peres,

Bat the unwillingness to accept honours the sake of one's children is not by any for it as

ents to Socialists or supportern

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is generally lad|eved Tint, tunionk others, Mr L. S. Amery would have been made a peer but for his regard for his son Al Julian Amery, who is in the House of Commons, if this is correct, he cor.atnly would not be the only Conservative to adopt This at-4.de.

'It is intolerable that

they cannot use their

abilities in the

service of their country'

all

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SECRETS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME

INSIDE STORY OF

OF INTERPOL

A

WORLD-WIDE

"PAPER CHASE

OUNTERFEITERS. churn out, millions

l

By A. J. FORREST

considerable

this

in

to false scents.

هرا

..

One

countertelt dollars, and 450,000 fraudulent Beiglan frames, ch in fake money to distributo, throughout British

He called himself, a oemmer- But as the crooks dashed for, day. Unless hunted west Afries,

traveller, but Instead of the exit, they Kumbled are over selling silks, as he pretended, down ruthlessly by world›..

Only a short time back, twd the other into the law's sure. his sales consisted entirely of police forces, they would scotland Yard ofeers flew to

srip,

falch notes, And, being a men of sonsationally disrupt na- Paris to investigate fake pound For a time the production, of names and addresses of some method, he had also recorded tional economics. `-

notes, of Continental mintage, fake tigenty-Deutschemark notes regular customers with whom he In their secret printing found circulating in Londen, cared, cft. On the printing press's operated

"current account." presses, some of them quite her origin was an illicit ceif cut-going frame, police found a The chief actors in this con

pile of green-tinted sheets. Ex spiracy were all old legs modern, operating in legit- in Marsellies, mate businesses, but used Counterfeiters need first of ecpt for being cut, they were crock, first sentenced in 1929

Western Germany's for drug trafficking, had ready for capital to secretly at week-ends, or at

д

Jong fake money markets. There were list of serious offences, including develop their plants, Because night, they turn out pro- of

vast piles of notes destined for swindling, trafficking in ration outlay, for heavier other markets, too.. This gang, cards, and breach of trust. Ho digious piles of pound notes. then for most criminal like several others, believed in U.S..dollars, French, Belgian activities, they are especially

WDF the gang's chief financial and Swiss francs, Deutsche- spry

osvering up their forged its risks by Acating bucker-ellested in

legal cur- 19otes in, several curren- rency, Another member had a mark notes, Spanish pesetas, tracks and putting the police on dies.

record of white slave, trafck.og, Italian lire, Ethiopian

Then detectives investigated swindling and carrying arms, But here again, the old rule, friends now get little chance to dollars, worth at face value

gong's "women folk.” Qul Viper's Nest Once having spotted a counter inte hiding, or live "Cherchez la femme," applies.

Undoubledly, whenever an in- ly on felter, watch

until ternational counterfeiting gang forged ensi ve him, identify hila

their girl friends, and keep an eye on

masters, irce of gol, enn is quashed today, a viper's nest the cafes he frequents. Then engineer fresh mischief. They, of pestilential crime is blotied cbserve his. male empanions to may be suddenly bankrupi cu-temporarily at least. These When he is seen with other and reduces to an unglamorous forgers never, unfor.unatey, put criminal technicians, he is sure existence behind bars.

away long enough in Continental gools-rurely lose time 00 re- recoup their losses. The Rus Raymond-Lesser and Interpole reports and inferrep 1051, thanks largely to girl, at least, to rail against her tions, 25 counterfelting shops sudden plunge.frem idle luxury, Ware saided. In 1962, and in the For just as the was terming late first quarter of last year, 13 her satin divin bed, kes her mo

MITE cleaned up. In exotically perfumed apartment, 1952, Interpol dealt with 582 police knocked and, enrcely casta concerned with the uttering allowing her time to rise from counterfeit money, as opposed her bed, entered,

394 such

such case during the previous year. Se vigilance must "You'vo.

cmoin world-wide and absolute- unrelaxing. The lay

fantastic millions, but in- trinsically rubbish..

from

Breath-Taking

dollars

Some fake money millionaire po tod

months

of

are

nresong

One haul, recently effected by that watchdog of France's franc notes, the Financial Section of 6o be hatching some new fake Secrets In Silk Pillow case before trying to the French Surete, retrieved hot money mischief,

clandestine printing Usually fies hidden in a cellar, heard pollent, painstakingly accurate, of countrutelt U.S. masquerading As £6,000,000 dercover investigatinas

needed before a perfectly timed worth of

paper money.

rold ean catch a gang rod

their fotery throbbing as the cylinders die gorge their wealth.

Just such a rald, a real copy bock triumph, took place off the Rue Raymond-Losserand, Mon- parnasse

Tho Identification, then the shadowing individually of there criminals, Involved detectives in thousands of hours of tedious observation,

have

wned glittering bars and girl friends along the Cote d'Azur, and lived in super luxury hotels. But their hey- day is brief.

Crooks engaged in

counter felting, explained an Interpot steff

They are harden- extra-cunning many with a long police behind them. But, apart

experienced

Viscount Lambton, helr to the that these disabilities will attach "beginnéra #****

Eart of Durbam.

Hon. Peter Legh. heir to Lord

One of the very few created Bearsdale, und Selborne, Socialis, peers who possesses a members of the House of Com- mde heft is the first Viscount mous, made a vow to bring to Stansgade

on end what even in those days trave

Decial affection for they regr

regarded as tolerabic. Newton, Viscount Stansgate because, not Folled in their first attempt

general puss B

Act of Parlia~

10

A long age, he was introdured

fion. David Ormsby-Gore. the milence by the chair- ment, they agreed among them- heir to Lord Hattech. ORN of publle meeting as selves that the

L "Viscount

do

We

lose

uur

Identity when we change our

naunes.

There ie, however,

first of their

Hon. Richard Stanley, heir to

to

the

in the

addition In

of

on their death to any son who may succeed them.

cd,

aro

19

never

from

Small wonder that Mr Wedg-being wood Benn is petilloning the breakers, their technical skill as House of Lords to be allowed to printers, block-makers, engravers reinuin as he is.

and

10

the

4

counterfeit

here." esid the Inspector. "Non notes

more dens

re

on the girl pretested. But it nodded only hal a-minutes search to reveal, hidden under the bed, a large trunk, stuffed value of Spreading The Risk not only with counterfat dollar hey dist

Then

ables

them am,

police officers in mufti passposta,

One

Resembled.

realy helped by the fact that most counterfeiters are known criminals. Hence the enormous of Interpol's Bling system. distribute circulars which record a suspect'a convictions, and physical as the crooks move from country to ecuntry, police forces can be warned, and

CRUistics

So

the miscreants watched far more chsely than they ever susptet,

As an example of Interpol's range interceptions, the slick boss of an Argentinian counterfeit gang came unstuck suddenly. In Buenos Aires, bo.. and his gang manufactured some your impresalvely accurate. US, 100-

you

notes, but with all the tools and one morning, at seven equipment needed. for forging

into of boilingly slipped quietly

vaztago Stansgate whom we number to sucered to the pier the Earl of Derby.

The fair deceiver took the blow Lords reform, an

posts around an obreure back- urgent good all remember so much better as age would continue to sit in his

necessity since 1911, has been

is breath street priating wories. While they philosophically. She sat down Quintin Rogg." Thuis

usual place

incon held up for 40 years by

gang had the watchest, crouching, the principal on her bed and said. "I suppoon taking.

conspirators Commons.

Then, you've found enough. So per- venience to their constituents, Inability of the Tories to agree effrontory to raid the State As matters hap- all of these will one day be or face the issue, and by the Hank of France, steal a quantity four hours later, came the long heps I can sleep amin, undi long ran poned, the lot fell on compelled without notice to determination of the Socialists of its specially pabcessed 1,000- awaited and rhythmic staccato turbed." Viscount Wolmer, Lord break off their political careers. to block all suggestions: for Selborne's heir. On From the time

their change in order to weaken and rano paper, and then use this of printing presses In full prospech. the cells, without doubt.

Dress mademodsello, his father's death his succession they will to in- hold up to ridicule Our Secon as the basis for its homemade duction.

1,000-franc

The chief inspector crept for please. We must search notes. fellow M.Pa crowded capable of sitting in the House Chamber.

Their craftly planted frauds ward and hurled a brick through bed" in to see him stalk to of Commons. They will be de

crop up, 100,

in surprising the frosted window of their And there, sewn into a pocket dollar notes. Then, desiring a his usual seat on the barred from holding many

The police In the meantime it is surely places. of

priating shop. It was the close in her embroidered silk pillow, dew to Europe, his pockets well- discovered,

super-boliday, the gang leader Oppositon benches. the highest offices.

including intolerable that generations of not long ago, a counterfeit gong in signal. As his mon darted the inspector uncovered further primed, ready to be gratified by Labouchere inmedi- those of Prime Minister and young men, sincere and able sunning themselves in Central forward, he pored through the wads of false money. But their exolle pleasures. alely came to spy Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ílke Mr Denn, should be de Africa while they waited for a jagged glass and saw his quarry best find in this now shattered strangers and the and.

Minister probably.

of prived of their rights of cliizen gang of German printers to recoll like scalded cats from love nest was her boy friend's Speaker тозо in his Labour and Law Oilcer.

ship and on equal opportunity furnish

several their machine at the foot them with

of account book. In it he had im wrath.

"Are you

And they will suffer the addi- to use their abilities in the hundred thousand forged pound which were piles of uncut ecun- prixdently entered details of his Д mem- tional misfortune of knowing service of their country.

These they planned to terfeit notes, ber

latest salts, totalling 600,000 of the House of Lords?" ho asked Selborne.

now another link_be- tween

Lord US. Stansgate's second but eldest surviving son, the Ilon. Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn Socialist M.P. for S.E. Brited since 1950, docs Mit wash. at the early age of 29, to leave the

Commons.

Since his father

now 77, this is no ra- WEDGWOOD BENN mole pussity, In Link between us order

10 avold this

fate. he has chosen, before his "Sir," replied Wolmer, "I am Inther's death, to petition then Peer of the United Kingdom. House of Lords for the passage but not a Lord of Parliament."

of a private Bill which would relieve him of the succession.

Since, when my own diou in 1980, I also asked Government of the

legislation peerages

genera]

heirs to

from

father

Unfortunately his protest was

in vain. There were two rough debates, followed by a select committee, but the vote went

sgainst Wolmer,

of

the Inter,

50

The excond

the three the heirs, George Nathaniel Curzon, Lord Scarsdale's hetr, was for day

averse to entering the House of exempting Lords

that when, ceroy

years necessity of succeeding to their India he insisted on being given he was made roy of fa hers seats in the House of Lords, I have a certain fellow tile in the obsolete peerage of Ireland, which does not carry feeling for the Hon. Anthony.

But Mr Wedgwood Bean a seat in the Upper House ΟΣ

disquality from sitting in to count

than Commons.

should also be able

more

powerful support

mine. Among his sympathisers

is believed to be included Bir

Winston Churchill.

The

Prime

Minister has

best of reaGOTIS for this sympathy,

the

the

Duke of Marlborough, had died, title more than 20 years later,

He only accepted

his

BLA

If Sir Winston's uricle, the 8th

I

notes.

Planning a shopping expedition? Will you make certain that: you set out at your wall-gröoïed best? Because you feel suro that extra time and trouble taken will be repaid in greater attention and better servico ? · Thún you will be pleased to find that when "ANNE SHARPLEY put this theory to, the test she found it proved.

MAY not belong to Michigan, but the women of Michigan can count me in. In better service in the Michigan stores,

recent survey two out of three of them said that being well-dressed helps them get

*Shop assistants don't care, much for poorly dressed customers," was their conclusion.

To put this to the test in London i revived the slacks in which I did the decorating and the shoes

I walked round Ireland in. I dug up a shooting Jerkin and discovered a forgotton windcheater.

Clad in these nostalgic emblems I went to do my shopping in the West End

My entrance through the doors of one of the more famous stores got me a startled look from a superb gentleman obviously prepared for such an emergency.

He stopped pat

ting the head of a poodia

customer's U.K.

and bore down on did Anthony's elder brother after he was already disqualified me quickly. Michael Benn, at any time before by succeeding to the Scarsdale

"Can I help?" his marriage, which took place barony.

on November 8, 1869, Sir Wins

whero I asked bamboo shoots

Curzon was prescient. But for would nev have been his UK pœerage, in 1923 he wore to be bought Prime Minister.

might well have succorded in the shop,

ton

at all.

Clothes do make

the customer.

charge of bamboo,shools. `After

with R

Here the air was thick with Madame,Yen Madam,”

The superb gentleman, (who somehow looked not so superb). actually carried my provisions to the cash desk for me, Pre- sented them; with a low: how and a profusion of "Madams".

My lingering over the de licacles was not misinterpreted and the poodle I borrowed made a lot of friendle.

Indeed, he would never have Bonar Law as Prime Minister Having been dismissed rather. I picked, it up with a guilty been

Baldwin. than directed I made my way to fading. to alt in the House in place of Stanley

in Another example of the vagaries the alro-superb gentleman

Lingering round the dainty Madam,+ (mostly "Zen"),ekrut - His father, Lord Randolph of the heredity system.

I trick on a buit, soveral, hats, Churchill, would have inherited Counting Tony Benn, there seeming unaware of me for a ple of ruffle tins (25) I cud none of them was addressed to

adenly became.. and on ure nine members of the House full minute he disappeared the aware that I was being watched. uncomfortably

and bought that bottle of për- the family honours

furor. A January 24, 1805, Winston Chur- of Commons on the Compulsory moment I made my request nád

My hopes that I would be "Not your size," I was told But I had proved something chul, then not aged 21.

would Honours List.

returned

tin. In id taken for one of those admirable brieny of a sixty-guinea suit, more, then that better end, however I decided on bean English eccentrics (perhaps a while the girls at the perfumery: got better service. Better clothes hove succeeded his

father

shoots as they were only half Earl's sister) ward dashod. For counter frankly disbelieves my I found made maa

clothes as 10 h Duke of Marlborough.

Forty-six years later the Bri-

the prices

? my clothes, although shabby Interest in even a tiny bottle of shoppery a tish people would, have been

KA Worse But I felt there was something had obviously never been well- deprived of the services of the

of a gentle reproach to my

Mais portume, greates; commoner of all time in Hon. L. W. Joynson-Hicks, parsimony in

tho

In my ancient emblems I was way the Sharefaced. I made for the Next Unie I went shopping a stingy, scullemie buyer. But the hour of their greatest trial.

heir to Viscount Brentford. assistant left my lone, une, stairs Hoë intimidated; to Pelletho`; way, that

Hon, George Lambert, Heir to wrapped in on the counter.

gels in full michigan rig L bought far the lift), and want into the service in Michigan-what Viscount Lambert, .

and then simply walked away. Lady's Fashion,

different story).../

This is my answer to

those who say that the present system works well, system whichi would have deprived Winston Churchill of his political career and made the chances of survival of the British people in 1040 dependent at least in part on the whimsical operation of the complicated lawa..

at Youde descent, does not work well fraught with per to the com

and le not one which is

Anthony

Wedgwood Bens and the first mambi

the Lower House : to`

of the infuntion of comm elevation.

The other eight aro:- Hon. John Grimston, io Earl of Verulam.

heir

Viscount Hinchingbrooke, heir to the Earl of Sandwich.

JOHNNY HAZARD

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By Frank Robbins

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Tagged

But, fast as he flew, the in- telligence about his nativities proceded him. Not only that, but samples of his faked b.lis, pak- ed up in Argentina and forward- l ed to Interpol's anti-counter-

section al The Hague, ware analysed and classified.

feiting

Then European police forces received, new information about their visitor, including precise details of the inks, paper style of printing and pattern colour- ing

"nows" embodied in his fraudulent bills.

Banks In

Brussels, then jo utterances of

Rome, reported

inige now unmistakable notes. Without realising it, the master forger was sowing a paper trall,

half across the world to his very doorstep as distinctly as if he were the quarry in some school- paperchase. Then, as he afood in a Paris banic, the as- sistent cashier summoned the

boy

police, pe

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