Jordan to be the next president of the League of Nations is gratifying to many people, not only in the Dominions but in London, where he is a popular High Commissioner for New Zealand. The members of the Metropolitan Police Force are particularly pleased that one who once wore their uniform and patrolled London streets is to hold this high office. Perhaps the ex-policemen will help to restore a respect for law and order among the nations.
"Though few policemen are likely to rise quite so high as Mr. Jordan has done, the chances of promotion from the ranks have improved since the advent of Hendon Police College. Nowadays, no man is likely to be held back by an inability to spell, as has happened in the past. A story is told of a constable whose sturdy commonsense in handling difficulties time and again commended itself to his superiors as being worthy Of recognition, yet whose weakness at spelling proved a bar to ~promotion. He would excuse his shortcomings with the remark: "I don't reckon a man's much of a scholar if he can spell a word only one way."
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