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LONDONIn LONDON -In In - In an ellort elTort effort to put astop a astep step top stop to . gang warfare in m London LondonScotland LondonScotland LondonScotland Scotland Yard is trying trymg a new tac tactic tactic tactic tic that is c-msmg c msmg cusmg emusing , - no little astom astonish astonishment astonishmcnt h hmcnt mcnt ment to peaceable citizens clhzens it is the theduty theduty theduty duty of the pol poi cc ce to protectLondon protectLondon protect protectLondon London s la vicss vlcss vless gangs it ap appears appears appears pears are no \ whit hit less v c 01lS ous ous , than thanthose thanthose thanthose those of New York and arm them themselves themselves themselves selves with razors iron pipes en encased encased encased cased in m rubber revolvers and even evenSten evenSten Sten guns and hand grenadesTo grenades grenadesTo To avert an imminent lmmment clash ofwhich of ofwhich ofwhich which there had been t \ arning armng a can call canwent callwent callwent went out to pol ce cc ch ets efs for leaders leadersof of the gangs whoere who \ were \\ere ere invited mvlted to tothe tothe tothe the yard yardOne One by one they took their places placeson placeson on the mat in m Whitehall They lis its listened itstened hstened tened to a astra stra ght from the shoulder shoul shoulder shoulder der talk from high police officials officialsat officialsat at Scotland Yard They were werc told toldpIa toldpla toldpla pIa pla nly my vhat they faced if they al alto alloved 10 to 10ed \ed ed fed \ their men to beg n shootmg shooting shootmgL.sten shootingListen shootingListen L.sten Lsten Listen . to ReasonLondon ReasonLondon Reason ReasonLondon shootmgI I London s big shots were shaken shakenThey shakenThey shakenThey They thought the risk was not worth worthIt worthit It and agreed to ca111t call it peace Scot Scotland Scotland Scotland worthI I land Yard s effort errort at prevenhve preventive prevenhvedetect preventivedetect preventivedetect detect on has succeeded for the time timebe timebe timebe be ng ngBut But the Stens and the grenades grenadesare grenadesare . are cached Aspark A spark to the dry tin tinI tinder tinder tinder I der of the mobsters vanity vamty and hair hairI hairtrigger hairtrigger hairtrigger I trigger tempers may yet mean adeclaration a adeclarahon adeclaration aI I declarahon declaration of warThe warThe war warThe The London gangsters operatmg operating operatmgmethods operatingmethods operatingmethods methods and code of conduct are areslm aresimilar aresimilar slm similar ar to those with wh ch Amer AmerJeans Amerleans Amerleans Jeans leans in large cities are only too toofam tootam toofam fam tam liar har f r ' fTheir rTheir Their racket is not thieving thlevmg b bhtBlacking 't t 'tBlacking ' t ' Blackmg Blacking by " which "hlch hlch they mean w-tort w tort e etort - tort ng protect on money from fromn n ght club proprietors propnetors and race racecourse racecourse racecourse course bookmakersA bookInakersA bookmakers bookInakers A bookmaker refusing refusmg to pay for forprotectIon forprotection torprotection protectIon cannot hope for a happy happyrace happyrace happyrace race course stand If he be tried tned de defiance defiance defiance fiance he would be beaten senseless senselessBut senselessBut senselessBut But as soon as he pays he can rely relycompletely relycompletely relycompletely completely on an invisible mVlslble bOdy bOdyguard bodyguard bodyguard guard Hs H s safety is the gong gang scare scareS s careS care careS S milarly the owner of a mght night mghtclub nightclub nightclub club " would "ould ould have his premises premiseswrecked premiseswrecked premiseswrecked wrecked if 1f he refused the free run runof runo1 runof of o1 his place to a gang that demanded demand demanded demanded ed it 1t He too may be asked for forprotection forprotection torprotection protection money He is sate safe from fromal1 fromall fromall al1 all rival nval gangs if 1f he agrees agreesTwenty agreesTwenty agreesTwenty Twenty to a GangFor GangFor Gang- Gang GangFor - For the first law of the gangs IS ISthat isthat isthat that they shall not muscle in on oneach oneach oneach each other s tern territory tory If they dothen do dothen dothen then it 1t s war-hitherto war hitherto war - hitherto a war of razor razorarmed razorarmed razorarmed armed cut throats but in the-future the future thefutureshould the - . . future futureshould futureshould should it break out a battle between betweenmen betweenmen betweenmen men armed like hke CommandosThe CommandosThe Commandos CommandosThe The average strength of a gang gangIS gangis IS 20 men but a leaderho leader \ who \\ho ho \ wIshes wIshesto wishesto wishesto to augment his rus force can do so by byrurmg byhiring byhiring rurmg hiring toughs ready to stick at noth nothmg nothing nothing mg ing A man who enlists like trus this trusmay thismay thismay may be pa d as much as 20 pOllnds pounds pOllndsfor poundsfor poundsfor for one nights night mght s servIceThe serviceThe service serviceThe The second cardinal cardmal rule is that thatin thatin thatin in no circumstances may a gangster gangstersqueal gangstersqueal gangstersqueal squeal If it comes to a fight and anda anda a man is hurt then the gang will lookafter look lookafter lookafter after him rum It If he goes to the hosp tal talhe talhe talhe he must be primed pruned with a story storythat storythat storythat that will explain explam ho v y he came by ills his illsinJunes hisinjuries hisInjuries hisInjuriesA inJunes injuries inJunesA injuriesA A third rule is that as far as IS ISpossible ispossible ispossible possible members of the public pubhc must mustnot mustnot mustnot not be hurt m in a gang battle Therule The Therule Therule rule is imposed for self protection protectionthe protectionthe protectionthe the gangsters know that it If i1 law ab d dmg ding ding mg ing persons are hurt in m their battles battlesthe battlesthe battlesthe the mob cannot prevent police ohce ac action action actionGang tron tion tronGang tionGang Gang leaders have their own ownbodyguards ownbodyguards ownbodyguards bodyguards ol of strong arm men |