Show Basque Peace Officers Kept Reasonably Busy Unique is th the Cery ery where in Spain from the gates ates of ot the roal palace In ID Madrid out to the re- re remotest re- re remotest re remotest humblest the ch clil II guardsmen have ha the of way way- way except In ID the Basque pro province of ot Gui Gul The Time Basques have hale their own police called who ho wear a jaunty uniform of baggy red trous rs a blue tunic with a 8 cape flied fixed to the shoulders and a red bomb bolna on their heads a contrast to the tho ch civil li II guards yellow trappings and gray or black forms and shiny cocked hats triangular gular and of oilskin Although a sot sol soldier diem dier armed and trained as such the Instead of ot parading about In Idleness has many civilian duties lie carries all the official mall in the province conveys lunatics to the mod modern modern modern ern ns asylum lum Inspects the roads teaches the Illiterates to read and write col collects collects heels telephone tolls and also taxes A Basque Is always nl rend ready with a bet which is the common way of ending a dispute about handball tree telling felling grass mowing mo stone lifting S swimming Imming about what weight his pair of ot oxen onn will drag or the fighting powers of ot a aram aram I Iram ram from his bis herd On every bet a ai i percentage Is due and Is collected by bythe bythe the miguelete It Is the also who takes charge of ot the savings bank accounts and so great Is the confidence he lie In inspires among the peasantry that old and young hand handover handover handover over their hard earned reales and pesetas to this red legged cop What That prestige e 1 I Indeed It has been proposed that the League of ot Nations study the corps with Ith a view to making malIns It a world organization |