Now when one considers all the difficulties which have been o come and all the good work which not easy ing local Chinese paper has start oda campaign of abuse against Dr. Chang. The charges that are being made are puerile. One day we are told that he has assisted It has also to he remembered that the Director is working with a limited Chinese police force and call on the volunteers for their help as the British Counci could do, Ibis true that he can look to the Garrison Cormander for help, but the British Council could lok foreigners to regain possession of property which had been confiseation because it belonged to enemies of the Kuomintang. A mere glance at the Land Register settles that point against the paper. Another day we are told that Dr. Chang has taken down a memorial arch to the Navy for help. It is therefore no small thing that during the last six months there has not been one case of a successful bank robbery. The thieves who made a raid on the Chung Foo Bank were identified, and the leader of the robbers who attacked a cash-shop was apprehended and executed. The installation of electric police-alarms und the organization of the Emergency squad with their motor-have greatly facilitated the work of the police.
The Soldier Ni As regards the nuisance sated by the soldiers, Director Chang has shown great tact and energy in his dealings with the military author' jes. By the use of argument alone he has persuaded the authorities to reniove the men who were quartered in the former Volunteer Headquarters and other places, and he erected in honour of Dr. Sun Yat~ sen, and everybody seems to know that the arch was taken down by the folks who put it up because it had served its purpose." The public is told that the Director has taken down slogans, but here again everyone but the students can read the instruction where placards may be posted and where they may not. The Director is said to have interfered with a school, but ing shows that the school was being run in private property for which rent was not being paid, nor were the light and water bills being met. The Waterworks Ca., which is a Chinese concern, and the Electric, Light and Power Ca. which is a British concern, seem to have done most of the interfering in this ease and their actions cai not be blamed against the Director.
He might as well be blamed by the Waterworks for the fact that a
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