'The more we read of crimes violence in this' community, whether they appear to be inspired by: robbery, revenge or some political motive, the more strongly do we feel that there is an organization behind them. We have already sugested that some of Soviet Russi joved, on fairly good evidence, to be training Chiese agents in ordinary crime, such fas highway robbery and murder, that they may be more useful and ruthless in guerilla street fighting when they need them, We know that with the failure and abandonment of open warfare through the Jeontrol of Chinese Governments and Tarmies the Reds have decided to [concentrate on mob work and that, this end, they must have bodies of Chinese of the lowest orders who not only imagine that they are Communists but who are self-conident in the use of deadly weapons—particularly such as can be easily feoncealed. There is no use supplying a man with a pistol if he can-riot learn to use it in an emergency, jand obviously the way to train. {him is te prompt him to create emergencies. We have good reason now from many sources to believe that a high percentage of our arm. ed robbers and assassins are pupils a Communist school of crime which time and diligence will uncover, Ae we have already point-fod out very few Chinese are ever Vheld up in streets who do not. have large sums of money on their persons, although we know that very few Chinese go about with rolls of billy in their clothes, This points clearly to a system of informers who are in league with the robbera, directly or indirectly. We have recently heard that what, the Reds call their "political work" is growing here in proportion to the fice in their more conspicvo military work, and that police have therefore every good reason to believe that it was done by Chinese Communists who have had Russian training in such work, If one such job can be accurately traced to the source of its inspiration, a great deal of Shangha's crime would be traceable Owine to the insecurity of conditions in China, thousands of Chinese have settled in Borneo. Round Kudat and Jesselton, this year, already a thousand settlers have come, most of whom have taken up land and are cultivating it, Zam-Buke provides an evers and reliable first-aid for injuries. It is also unequalled a5 a soothing, speedy remedy for obstinate and deep-seated skin disease, poisoned wounds, ulcers, piles, etc, rear her=
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