Foreign News: Polite Bobbies

A German recently visited London. Questioned by friends as to what impressed him most, he said that after the difficult conditions in Germany he could not help feeling impressed! with the extraordinary feeling of confidence.

He had been warned that Londoners would receive him coldly, but he found people exceedingly courteous.

One fact impressed him more than anything else. The day after his arrival he reported to the police. The officer at the station-house actually apologized for inconveniencing him! " I doubt," he said, " if anyone in Germany would believe such a thing...

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