FIRM BUT COURTEOUS METHODS.
BRITISH LAW MUST BE OBSERVED. LONDON, December 19 (Received Dec. 21, at 1.20 a.m.) Mr Parcival Phillips, writing from Cologne, says the city is beginning to realise that British law must not be trifled with. Over 40 men and women have been lined 10 marks, or seven days' imprisonment, for being abroad after* 9 o'clock at night without a pass. Many of the British military police are old metropolitan constables, and nse the same firm but courteous methods. The proceedings in court are scrupulously fair and, though calm, there is no bullying.' lhe first offenders, who were detained near the British Governor's headquarters failed to realise the seriousness of the British police when asked to produce their passes, but they succumbed to the) bullying questions of the German detectiveinterpreters.—A. and N.Z. Cable
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17504, 21 December 1918, Page 7
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