We have written fully elsewhere of the extraordinary murder of
three policemen and the wounding of others in Houndsditeh on Friday week. On Thursday a public funeral service took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, at which the King was represented and the Home Secretary was present. The Cathedral was quite full, and both there and in the streets through which the procession passed the manifestations of deep sympathy proved the high esteem and admiration which are felt for our most courageous and efficient police service. The murders have drawn attention to the peculiar danger to which the police are exposed from armed foreign criminals. Although we are opposed for several reasons to the general arming of the police with revolvers, we hold that when selected men are armed (as they can be under the existing regulations), they should be armed adequately ; and we are content to learn that the Home Secretary is devoting his attention to this point.
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