The Archive · 1934

NICE, CLEAN MURDERS

8 gee ike ce, clean, cleverly Killers with" an" Oxford actonte ived murders?" Do you Barden, "Park Lane draw!sor the Balam leat" according "to the editor of "Isis," 'Oxford University Undergraduate magazine—or mui derers wearing the dignity of Eton' Th are relevant questions appl ing to, modern' literature "if enterprising circulars issued by the Crime Chub, London, are taken seriously. Things ave changing 0 Fupidly now Ju tending tastes that Sellers seem to be crime and order stories, but just as the B, C. and. the Film Censorship Board ale raising public standards by adding a touch of higher onca tion and' the stamp of social ap. royal even murders nowadays must subjected to a process of polite examination, Heading the panel of the Crime Club is Dr, Cyril Alingston, former headmaster' of Eton, and the circular "assures. readers that no murder passes without exitical scrutiny, The citeul The object of the Crime Club is to provide that vast section of the detective! story," with "a continual ish public "which Tikes 8 ply of "first-class "hooks by "the writers. of detective. lotion. The" jand of tivo. experts, which includes "Dr, Cyril. Alingtont elects the good and eliminates the bad, and fenuuren. that, "every" book published Under the Crime Club it a clea Snteiguing example of thie The Government of Bengal w: be congratulated on their success in indueing the Legislative. Council) by a most satisfactory majority, bass the Crim Bill. Thus the representatives of} Bengal are associated definitely with: the 'Government In the deter mination to remove from their Province the black shame of the terrorist movement. "Hitherto the security of the Province has had to be ensttred by the device of procgedjing: by Regulation. This is disitked by' the Government for it involves Jexecutive action which is always Jopen to the charge of being an aut>- leratic form of rule. Incidentally thas to be maintained by periodical sue,, again by the use of the Viceroy's special powers. Now the necessary power has been entrusted to the executive by the Legislature land "Bengal's protection against revolutionary crime becomes all th: more reliable. It also. vindicates the Legislature which cannot now ba charged with a failure to appre the importance of maintaining La Jand order and suppressing made fous fanatics. Bengal's revolution. ary ists are in a class by themselves, For. nearly ten years now the Province has been under the shadow of the Regulations or Ordinances. Sir John. Anderson's courageous grasp of the situation now bearing fruit and he can Point to the fact that his. Govers-ment has substantial backing from the elected representatives of the people in its campaign against Assassination,

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