Orders Against Bolsheviks and Other Agitators: Loan for Arrears of Pay Captain Kiang Cheng, acting Commissioner of Shanghai and Woosung Police, has issued an order to hig subordinates in the various districts to prevent the holding of meetings of all kinds in Chinese territory. He mye that, this time of martial law, -unscrupulous agitators and bad characters are taking advantage of the situation to hold secret meetings, to instigate trouble among the labourers and to propagate Bolshevism. Unless, says the ceting Commis sioner, strict measures are taken, public' peace and order will be en-angered. If found, the leaders are t2 be arrested and sent to headquarters with a detailed report #0 that they can be punished. In future, (he conclude, if police officers fail to stop Sat negligence.
A false report which caused much consternation in Chinese cir-cies on, Monday night was to the effect that the Chekiang army command had decided to. disarm the Chinese police, but this was oflcally denied at" headquarters, In this connexion, it is interesting to note that Gen. Sung Shih-ching, Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's Shanghai agent, has circulated a letter among the Chinese merch fants mentioning that the members of the Shanghai. and Wooung Police Force had not been paid their wages for two months and this ime of matta Tow, he ut they were getting angry. At
itis Payment and upkeep, but; owing to financial stringency, no money had been available to' meet require ments, hence the merchants are re-Quested to raise money to pay the men and maintain the peace, Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police will forward a report to the Civil Governor on the loan and ask that the money advanced should be repaid at the earliest possible moment. Gen. Sung assured the merchants that they would be repaid by the authorities at a later
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