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Show I Holdups Trrrorlts lindon. ! Though the reports to the effect that ' I the plague has broken out in London ' j are incorrect, another speciesof scourge I j is reported. This i. 'Hooliganism. which is considered by some persons to ' be more fatal than the plague proved in (lias ..nr, and which is holding high : carnival in the poorer districts of Lon- I don. Holdups, assaults and murder! are of fre.iuent occurrence. The Sjk-c- talor suggest as a remedy that all 1 murderersshou'.d be hanged'regardless ; of tender age. The Lancet advocalea 1 flogging. The authorities seem powerless power-less to stem hat i uudoubtedly one. of the worst outbreaks of rutllauisoi London haa ever esperien.-ed. I |