Show lonely policeman the people of iceland have the reau tation of being the most peaceful and law abiding citizens in the world al though the population of the country is only one policeman is feces sary to preserve the peace in 1874 when the Ic elanders were celebrating the thousandth anniversary of the colons col onys founding nearly the entire population gathered in one scot to hear a speech by the king of denmark then the solitary police man of iceland became alarmed he feared he might gosp control of so great a throne of people so he petitioned titio ned the lieutenant governor several days before for an increase in the police force by one man the lieu tenant governor referred the matter to the legislative body called the al thing who voted favorably on the petition and the policeman of iceland was granted an assistant while the festivities lasted |