| Show I CRI CRIME m I I Charles Charle A of at Now I York who hll hoe served for tor thirty years on 01 the pollee court bench recently reo re reviewed viewer viewed the past criminal record ot of the Ihl groat city lIe arrived at AI sarno quite interesting conclusions One Will that drunkenness is III certainly on the In InCrease Crease nM and that the percentage ot te fe female male o offenders enders against the lases ot of tem lem temperance I perance Is continually growing lie said Bald I that the tho drunks that came before him thirty years Ego were of oC the able class s But now they represent dlf i terent ferent classes from the top lop to 10 the bet bol lour ot of society and women are no long longer r i rare specimens In the police court Tu Iu dolt he said the WOman drunk le Is I a familiar spectacle both In the rags or of poverty and the Iho finery ot of wealth Our police co courts uris lire are overrun avith lIh them Year by year the number increases and the tho average of oC omen amon among the offenders grows grOW steadily Another observation he made was that crime among the Iho children Is en the increase This la is only to be expected as u a rc result of at the increase ot of 11 lI ness among women Judge Flammer has hns nn an explanation of at his own on Ie regard regardIng Ing this He points out that thai thirty yearn ago ngo n a uniformed policeman was An anare are personage In the tho lye eyes ot of the children Now Noll the they are objects ot of oton on tempi The ho he con can tinned have pounded the bluecoats sp au hard and so much that the small boy thinks It 1 a act to 10 cheek check I a policeman In the old day lay n a word was In law II to our small talk folk Nos Nt they Ihly stand and give glo him II an argument Yes Yell sir I believe that the stend increase ot of juvenile arrests Is due to the cheapening ot of our policemen In the public eye CC The judge In this explanation emboli tech lell nil an Important principle ot of truth rec hy by tho greatest lawgivers the Iho world ever eer had In the thc losle 1 code this principle found ex cx In the tho law that made It a t serious uK offense to tithe the name of at the Lord In vain 01 or treat parents or others other In an t dill disrespect respect The lawgiver knew well that from disrespectful words about God Gud or those In authority by Ills His will 1111 there Is only a short step to 10 rebellion and moral It t is Ia the disregard ot of this principle In modern times limos that thatis is In responsible for tor much crime And the press is In not without Nor Noris is III the stage When those who sent law o order Ill cr and legitimate author authority Ity lire are ridiculed In word or picture that IhaL which they represent ent Is thus us as And 1 it has hns lI Its effects especially upon the ot of the Iho young upon which almost any Imprint cnn Ito ho made madeus nil us an unwritten of at paper Some laugh It at such Kuch It Is IK the laugh ot of fools nl at the enticing cup lUI ot of poison polson because they know knoll not nol lI its nu nit lure ture WIRe Vise men do not nol laugh lit at the secret sources tram front which the hotly bUlly ot of the Iho nation is III being charged with poison polson The Judge thought however that I notwithstanding the tho increase ot of female and juvenile offenders Iho general moral lone ot of the community was Int proving lie found for tor Instance less cases ot of burglary and such uch crimes while cases ot of cheating and refined ills honesty were more numerous Whether this is III nn an Improvement depends on tin tho point of view from which It Is re regarded reo Some Home would any Rny that an out and out holdup would bl be more ore respect respectable able uble than the holdup that is III perpetrated under the guise of at an honest lIu business transaction They would prefer the work ot n who hakes the purse and the Iho watch to 10 that ot of the sneaks who rob the tho poor liS as well I as n the rich hy by extortion after competition hn has been assassinated They would re Bard the thief that hides behind a burglars mask as no worst worse than the respectable thief who hides behind his hla nonce oI co dealt and ledger It It Is true Irue that the thc latter class of oC crimes has hus increased 1 It Is Ii a gr great lt qUI question It Is true that the moral tone has grown better beller loots may be more than they were but bul before the bar of the great Judge they are no less Ius criminals be because cause they succeed In putting on of 1 a less lees savage appearance I I CANADA W S SOLDIERS I Canadians seen sem to obtain u a large military force torce which can ho controlled con trolled trolle Independently of at the home got gO Possibly this has hili some somo con can cann n with the movement for tor which Is sold to bo be growing rapidly among the Iho element clemen I At all events an Independent militia In sympathy with the lets would be II a great aid to their cruse The Tho Canadian minister of at militia and d defense has recently outlined his hla Plana According to The Tho Army and NIL Navy JournAl it II n elit l ln ll with Wilh Yin CI ed force ot of men en ri ready dy to 10 take the with Complete auxiliaries 9 In eluding corps army service cerpa department antI transport It Is intended that there thero shall be nn an enlisted force ot of O UK as asa n a peace tooting footing half ot of which shall drill every year and another to tobe tobe be held as n a reserve with the members member of at which the tho annual drill shall he bo up IP but they are nrc to 10 be with rifles atilt anti ammunition and encouraged to II ko themselves proficient In the tho use of at firearms b by practice nt at home The plans that nil the and non officers needed for tor the Ihl entire force torce ot of shall ho thoroughlY trained and required to drill every eVen year r and with that end In view Io it II Is proposed ell to n a Inore thorough system of In with whit branch throughout the tho Dominion Provision Is III m de for Cor II a great corms con taming about acres where whelo all together with the r regular force and contingents tram from over every corps In Inthe the Dominion may be assembled hery very year for tor instruction und anti under conditions os as closely nl as those of oC actual tsar nr In addition to this central camp I district romps camps Ire are to he bo established at 01 con vs points In ht the various provinces s whore such each ot of the reserves liS desire to drill may and where the they will willbo willbe bo be assisted tu to perfect themselves In rifle rille practice The provIde for tal n largo large increase In the tho number of oC mount moan moaned crt ed mell inen particularly on the frontier ot of the Province ot of OntArio and In the tho northwest as well us liS for tOI the develop development ment of 1 n large artillery force Tho plan contemplates giving to Canada the most efficient militia organization In Inthe the tho world orld The total population of Canada is III about souls To ml make ko their maintain what would be practically a 11 standing army ot of mew men would 1 seem em to 10 bl be to 10 bring European militar militarism ism Im across the Atlantic We hope hOllo the Canadian people are too loo sensible for tor that At nil all events It Is not probable that the British government would re reo lie its hold upon any Canadian military force that may bo be organized The rho should Inot not tall into Inlo lie error of at adopting 1 n policy that would stunt Its 1111 growth as militarism certainly Canada needs III close lIose attention to 10 the development of its 1111 vast resources Militarism sits elte like n a burden upon the nations that carry II They are crippled ns as was the Sailor until he su Ire in treeing freeing himself lf from Gam the monster that burdened lee hili shoulders |
