Show SHARP S ARP CROOKS EASIL EASILY Y EVADE LAWS LAW'S PURSUIT Central Europe's Many Frontiers Are Great Help To Criminals I GATHER II IN VIENNA Nations Officers Fast Organizing In Common Defense VIENNA Oct 6 C The t-The W The m many ny frontiers of central Europe In some cases no further apart than line lines In America al ale e a 1 great help to help to criminals cr and m and much ch of the th i recent Increase In a certin typo ot of crime crimo In this thia part of the world Is laid to the tho ease OAse with which a 11 forehanded offender can cai can skip Into countr country and claim sanctuary sanc- sanc luary This aspect of things thine has been b clearly out at the tho Inter Inter- Inter Police congress that has just come to an aj an end In Vienna U It would oUId appear alpeat that forgeries embezzlements and thefts are committed Ith ith e Immunity granted the tho criminal ha has n it passport In his pocket and gets a start of a afew afew few lew hours on the police pollee raise ralso Ia ports sometimes serve just as aswell elI 11 as legitimate ones The pur pur- pursuing pur- pur pursuing pursuing suing police pollee often as not are aro Un- Un Unprepared un unprepared prepared to follow and must mut JO go through the slow channels of dl- dl dl to get permission to cross a narb frontier LITY GROWS S la la's s 's I crl Criminality has assumed ast since the tho close of the tho al lenna Is on the crossroads leading to mahy countries and has hns become the tho sporting ground of bands of Inter Inter- thieves s and adventure The Vienna police admit that tho elt Is overrun o with foreign crim crim- crimInals etim- etim criminals male from all parts of f the world and every da dav discloses ne new n meth meth- methods meth- meth method methods od of operation Jn in 1919 of persons implicated In the forging of currency currence curren e i only 15 el eie e foreign foreign- foreigners ers ra In a n the ratio of foreign foreign- foreigners foreigners ers wag as as out pf pt There Thero are issuers of ot false checks pick pick- pickpockets pickpockets pockets hotel and thle crackers sate ad adventures es and Imposters Impostors number I In III nine cases out of ten they male mae good their escape because of the Ina inability of ot the criminal of officers ricers w t follow them up UI be ond th the frontiers of their own country and because of the time that Is inar- inar Invariably ar- ar I lost t before proof of ot the crime can be bo placed In tho the hands of the police authorities of the new place ot or sojourn of the male male- malefactor malefactor factor BETTER ORGANIZED The criminal has the ad the police at eer every ery turn It appear from the tho before the congress congre's He takes ad- ad ad advantage vantage antage of ever eer er improvement ement In Intra tra conditions and C eer er new conquest of science Not ot so the police who ho I ale e local in theIr and I have hae a ae e no International al si Many existing form form- formalities must be l e sept swept aside the tho police can even hope success success- successfully full fully to cope with Ith their astute op- op opponents opponents op opponents To this end a resolution aimed at better International police or- or organization or organization and nd into Inte course was as ac- ac ac accepted by the tho congress ItI It will I later bo be submitted to a plenary session and if acceptable then go goto goto goto to the governments go con con- concerned concerned con concerned for tor ratification In the meantime the field f ft t the malefactor is open and tl the crime wave e ae I la is toiling oiling on In- In Increasing in increasing creasing as It tro travels el |