Superintendent Threatening to Resign: Navy Also in Deplorable State From Our Own Corresponden Tsingtao, March 19.
The Chief of the Tsingtao Police has warned the Adminis tration that unless the Finance Department is more, prompt with Aisbursements for the settlement of the wages of the police, he will "Superintendent Chi han had to borrow money from erintendent Cheng Wei-dje
Bank in 'Tsinan over which he hae a, 90d deal of infuencs holder. The policemen' here are rough being a. princi
only two months in arrear in the matter of wages and are, therefore, better off than their con. freres in other parts of the coun-ory, bub the community fully apintos the fact that the chief of Peh here cannot be expected to able to raise funds for ever on his own, In his warning to the Administration,—Superintendent Cheng points out that when hho accepted the post vacated by the former chief ho had no idea would have to act the part of the philanthropist.
The former chief of police has had a sivnilar experience in, the matter of not getting funds from the Admit h wen the present chiot the control of the local found the wages had nin.
arrear' for some five In other words, almost from the outset of Chinese Adtion, the Finance Depart-mont has given little attention if any to the question of providing the police with funds regularly. Tu this connexion the community in highly incensed. "It in felt that the indifference shown towards the welfare of such an important, institution is nothing short of disgraceful, 'mE NAVY ALSO, reported that the Ministry for the Navy will
ships forming Admiral Wen's real. of the i into
squadron. It is furthermore. reported that the squadron will be pinood under the direct control of the Central Government and tidored highly interest ing, if true.
Admiral Wen has been in a quandary lately over the matter of funds. Although Wu Pei-fu this done nothing himself and has promised a fixed sum monthly, ho
confined his efforts in the direction of obtaining the money necessary for the upkeep of the squadron, from the revenues of Duiblic utilities. The levy of 850,- monthly which was put the Chamber of Commerce soon after the arrival of the fore has never bean mal Administration the 850,000" month
'Soon. obtained' from the through the efforts of the the Japanese" opposition {dior aroeet the Railwey hes since "Admiral Wen is now reported parted with a single. cash
tobe after the. Chefoo-Weihsien SRiomcbie service Won, wil e-Government pet rid of Wen" the question freely asked. here nugorniciry ovr ort.
Ininigtration" with bills. for cles.
sick of pestering' the ci of pestering the a
{leity eupplicd, has now cut off the supply. to the. Harbour Department and the Pustsl Hospital, The "Harbour Department" the ecueumption of electricity.
particularly extravagant
Tein reported that Mr. Hu yun, formerly the Chief Aceoun
ion appointed to Hill the post of th, ing Ssu Haulage Binanca Chiot. ite isn Ww Por Ta'man and friend of Kao En-hung.
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