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Description THE AUTOCRAT OF THE STREETS. It is not without reason that foreigners visiting London have frequently expressed their admiration and amazement at the manner in which the enormous traffic of the London streets is regulated. The constable who is here represented is stopping by a movement of his hand the great mass of vehicles which are pressing eastward past the Mansion House from Cheapside and Queen Victoria Street. There is neither violence, shouting, nor hurry; the law is obeyed and is effective, for two excellent reasons. In the firstplace.it is a law made by the assent of all and for the benefit of all; and. in the second place, it is a law which will be enforced against all offenders by the summary process of a just and powerful tribunal. There is perhaps no better type of the force behind the instruments of British law and order than this plain London constable who performs his arduous duties amiJst the press and turmoil of the City streets.
Date between 1897 and 1899
date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source The Queen's Empire. Volume 3. Cassell & Co. London
Author Various authors for Cassell & Co.
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