Show RAILS AT GRAfT HERE London Times Seemingly Unconscious Unconscious Un Un- conscious of Exposures at Home London Geb 3 Tue Thu Tho London Times is always alwa's deeply con concerned about the purity of public life In American municipalities or or th the lack of it The Times Times' special cOlT correspondent correspond correspond- ent ont in America has highly edified its readers h by his description ion of oC corruption corruption tion In San Francisco's local 1 govern govern- ment meat Ho lie writes sever Never in the whole 11 history 1 1110 r O of municipal municipal municipal mu mu- have havo such depths of Infamy been reached as in San Francisco in the Iho last live five years The Thc Tweed ring in New York s ole stale I I from the Iho people and later laler the Lexow Investigation disclosed 1 a frightful alliance between the police and But the unenviable record of having hay hav ing lag produced the most corrupt a administration admin admin- that a city has ever known belon belongs s indubitably to lo San Francisco co It happens that at this very er moment seven members o of ono of or the most Important important im Im- bodies in London are arc under I arrest The They arc are accused 1 of selling contracts and offices of systematic swindling by making false returns of commodities supplied to lo them of oC sharing the swag with contractors and of ot other like forms of ot corruption There were eight of ot them One committed suicide another tried to kill himself Two T of oC the contractors Involved have lied nod tho the country for a time at least Besides such practices are aro too common common common com com- mon In lit English municipalities This week the highway committee o of tho Iho London count county council itself has haM been roundly accused of corruptIon In awarding contracts for Cor tramway construction construction construction con con- undertakings involving millions millions mil nih- lions of ot dollars Yet the tho Times Ignores all these scandals at horne home but sends men to scour America for examples of or municipal municipal pal corruption So seriously does docs the Times pla play this game that most of Its readers sickened with horror honor of or American dishonesty dis lIs- hone honesty t remain unconscious Of r English English Eng Eng- lish |