Questioned by the President, witness said he thought some members of the Shanghai Police Force had experiences of the nature of the happenings of May 0. He had no knowledge as to whether any precautionary measures were taken by the police prior to May 90, and did not interest himeelf in the matter fas he did not return from leave until after the event. The Mobilization Instructions wore prepared, he added, on no authority but his own, They were submitted to the Municipal Council in 1919, but not in 1914, Interrogated regarding the Publication Laws, witness said he did not know them under this knew there was no attempt to censor it, except that prosecutions for indecency and similar things were sometimes ustlestaken by the Municipal Council against Chinese nowa-papers. Witness agreed with the Britich Commissioner that any limitation of the liberty of the reas was contained in the eriminat his concluded the Commissioner General's evidence.
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