THE YARD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 7

THE YARD

METHODS QUESTIONED Growing Uneasiness Follows Recent Charges FULL INQUIRY DEMANDED’ WHOLE NATION DISTURBED. J L ty Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright J [ Australian Press Assn.— United burvice j Received May 20 5.5 p.m. JLaMDUA, .>iay 19. The world-faxiibUs Scotiauu xaiu. _s vaiituauy in uie uikk oeivre puoxrc cpiiuou. xh? wnole uatjjn is cuotuxucu. ac tae sensational cnaiges made against iU. Though it is universally aumitted that tnu London policemen are the finest body oi men in tho world, Scotland laru, as the outcome uf several recent events, is definitely a suspect and there is a disturbing leeiiug throughout England that there is something amiss in its methods, contrary io the British sense om freedom and justice. The entire Press is agreed that the charges involve tho li'eedom of citizens, and must be judged from that us pect. They emphatically deciare that the inquiry must be public and comprehensive, and in no sense a retrial <if Miss bavago and Sir Leo Uhiozza Money, who were honourably acquitted. The Yard’s action in taking the girl from her work is only one issue, and they declare that e\en though Miss Savage’s statements were denied in toto, no amount of official denials comd clear Scotiaid Yard of the great and growing cloud of suspicion hanging over it. The Press asks for how long and in what number of cases Scotland Yard has been thus behaving, for it is inconceivable that Miss Savage’s is the only case. The three principal officials concerned are Sir XV illiam Horwood, Commissioner of Police, Sir Archibald Bodkin, Director of Public Prosecutions, and Chief Inspector Collins, of Scotland Yard’s criminal investigation department. INQUIRY 10 BE HELD HOME SECRETARY’S PROMISE. AN OPEN INVESTIGATION. [ Australian Assn. J LONDON, May 18. Sir William Joynson-Hieks, in a statement to-day, said that he proposed on May 22, to make inquiries into th? specific charges mentioned in the House of Commons yesterday, and when it was finished ho was prepared to assent to a larger investigation into the whole of the police methods regarding witnesses. He had arranged, in connection therewith, to moot the Labour leaders for discussion before making definite proposals in the House of CommonsThis larger investigation will bo carried out by a different body from that appointed on May 22 and the inquiry will be public.