Ths epidemic of armed robberies in the International and French Settlements appears to have subsided, for no cases have been reported for two or three days. This improvement is undoubtedly due to the activity of the police, who, since the very beginning have exerted strenuous energies towards the "rounding up" of the robbers. The success of the French authorities in arresting nearly fifty men, the majority of whom have been identified as those who took part in one or other of the recent armed robberies, has had a salutary effect upon ths remainder, There appears to be a strong opinion among certain members of the community that more of the Loi police here might be armed and detailed for night patrol. We understand, however, that the police have taken strong measures, and that armed patrols ar: sent out every night. In the central district alone there are no fewer than forty or fifty Sikh police on duty, armed with carbines, while ten or a closen European members of the force, armed with revolvers, also do duty. Twenty-four Ohines> constables, who go on duty in companies of three, have been provided
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