A CHASE ROUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12896, 30 August 1907, Page 9

A CHASE ROUND THE WORLD.

OHIEF DETECTIVE .McILMWEYW QUE.ST.

. -'After on interesting stay of twelve days «t Motito ViJro." «nid Clnet Jjetectivo Mcllvenry to a representative of this journal Inst evening, relating his experiences in connection with the escort bnck to New Zealand . o f D 0. Mclntyre, 'I embarked with m charge on tho strainer .Southern Cross for England. On the voyage we Itayed a day at Las Pa Unas, in the Canary group, nnd another day at Vigo in tfpain, eventually arriving at Liverpool. I was delighted with my first view of old Kngland. It waa mid.urnmor (July 7tli), and every day was ,t its beat. At Liverpool I was met .by members of the poiice staff, who dowed mc as much as could bo seen in a single day. Tho size and extent ef tho docks wero amazing. There is a hu&e landing stage which rises and falle as tho tide ebbs and Hows, which is a most remarkable piece of f.vork., ami requires to be soon to be valued a t a correct estimate. Liverpool ia a fine city; the streets aro wonderfully well kopt, atid beautifully clean. 1 MW tho gravo of the late lan Maclaren ftinong other interesting eights. The tram system and overhead railway appealed to mo as being wonderfully • complete. Wo travelled by the North Western railway to London at 73 miles an hour, end wero mot at Euston Station by an officer from New Scotland Yard and shortly afterwards visited liie fi'reat chief detective station or the world. What can ono sny of Ixmdon, ecciuii it for the linn tunor It was ho kindness of the Scotland \erd iitborities, I saw much in the tin c. I heard debates in both Homes of Parliauiont. In tho House of Lords Lord Methuon wae apoakmjs on tho Hill, whilo in the Commonsan Ins member waa opposing the Laud bill very vigorously and very humoroiwly. I saw tho table upon winch Oliver CromwoU signed tho death warrant of Charles 1., <vmt the epot where Guy Fawkes wae arrested. Of course 1 went to Westminster Abbey ni# tit Paul's Cathedril, and thence lo Buckingham Palace, tho residence of the King. Under the guidance oi one of tho Scotland Yard oiliccrs I explored tho unique German quarter, tho Law Courts, new Old Bailey, the new War Office, nnd tho West End. The 'tuW in London are much patronieed. One ©titers a lift as by a cellar, and when the lift is filled tho doors close automaticnlly and the desoent to a considerable depth commences. Yon stop ont into a huge- electrically lighted underground railway etation,_ giving nntrnncc right and loft to an jmmenso tunnel lined throughout with glistening whito tiles. Trains run every minute ami on alighting one ascends in. a lift unci finds oneself in another pert of the city in the shortest possible epaot* of time, at a cost of twopence. Hence the term 'Twopenny tubee.' There are many of them, and their popularity is amazing. Tho motor 'bus system lias boen a ffreat convenience, but the vehicles have not paid very well. Many have been takon off the road, and the fares in the others are to bo raised. I hear. Tho manner m which the London polico regulate tho traffic is mi eye-opener to a colonial visiting England for tho first time, and the manner in which their commands aro obeyed by the public generally goes to show the great respect British people have for law and order. line men are mostly young, of good physique, and of a moat obliging and courteous demeanour. In England I found the people's idea of geography very faulty. One man, hearing 1 was from New Zoaland, naked mo to deliver a message to a friond of iv& at Brisbane 1 "On the voyage out wo called at Toneriffe (with which I was not much impressed), and spent a day at Capetown. I was very pleased with the appearance of the city and sorroundings. Unfortunately Capetown ie now pateing through f\ period of depression, and there wae not much appearance of bustle and commercial activity. We also called at Hobart. I w<u thore last about eighteen months ago, and it looked particularly quiet this time. I saw one of Tattersau's sweeps being drawn, and was able to compare it with the system of drawing the Monte Video lotteries. Aβ comparisons are odjous I will not express any opinion, further than saying that tho two systems are entirely different. From Hobart we oamo across to Wellington, making n good passage, with fair weather oil tlie way. On the vovagre out the ofneore and passengers of the Turaklna were particularly kind and conm'derate. Wβ w< r<- inndn very comfortable and no pains wore spare' to make the trip as pleasant as possible. I left New Zealand on May Oth, and •ince then have travelled 28,000 miles right round tho -world, and that in the shortest possible time, in spito of breaking tho journey nnd spending twelve days in South America. After all my travels tn different lands. I am more and more satisfied that thorn M no flag like tho British flag nnd no country that is freor than our own."

Although closely questioned, the speaker preserved as stony and uncompromising a silence on departmental - matters, as on tho question of tho Wil*O3t incident and tho inwardness of Monte Video gaol treatment.