BRITISH ORGANISING EFFICIENCY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21899, 18 December 1945, Page 2

BRITISH ORGANISING EFFICIENCY

Iff ACPI day’s news from overseas appears to be bringing fresh evidence of British efficiency. Yesterday’s example of this was the supplementation of previous reports from Germany that the British Military Government was proving itself the best of the controlling bodies in the zones of occupation. Even after making allowance for the fact that most of the praise comes from the Germans themselves and may therefore give rise to criticism-from some quarters that the British are too tolerant towards the fallen foe, it is now abundantly clear that the food and industrial organisation in Field Marshal Montgomery’s area of influence is second to none. To the task of rehabilitating Germany the British have brought just that concentration of effort and conscientiousness which is most likely to fulfil the dual purpose of keeping the militaristic element under control and restoring to the masses of the people sufficient economic comfort to prevent the kindling of a fierce new animosity towards the victorious Allies. On the domestic front the great organising powers of the British have been strikingly illustrated by the big comb-out of gangsters and deserters lurking in Central London and the \\ est End! The preparations for drawing the huge cordon around a very important area of the metropolis were made in the strictest secrecy, the outcome, according to a police spokesman, being a very profitable evening. No doubt the raid w r as part of the comprehensive plan for dealing with the post-war crime wave. In the lace of the determined campaigning planned at Scotland lard, m co-operation with the military authorities,' it is hard to imagine Britain’s home front crime troubles lasting long. Much will be accomplished with a minimum of fuss. In any case the people are naturally law-abiding, a fact made self-evident by the readiness with which the man in the street places his services at the disposal of officialdom in the round-up of malefactors.