The following very eonatatiey which conte fees ie rey Gharterty. the Wie account of the waking of @ Chinees hat wil certatuly be wee to Shamph the Tusmnry number of "that admirable In the Potice Tour val of Januar 1929, Bri Bruce, point, Mow much each grade of official could divert to his own cane, awe anal of our police organization and the difirealties to be faced in keeping peace and order in Shanghai. He pointed fat that the majority of our men were Chinese; so an accoun of the administration of this Branch may be of some interest. addition to normal police administration, there are certain unusual factors which have to be considered in controlling a native police fore in a large city surrounded by districts usually disturbed, and often anti-foreign, and certain other factors arising owing: to the charnetoristies of the men employed. In the first place, Propose to show our disadvantages, The Midden Agitator The most harmful influence work. ing against us is agitation, whether it be patriotic, anti-foreiga, or by fan employee of the Soviet, Agitators ate noisy and some sincere, but are handicapped mainly Because they can offer alternative no settled existence or means of livelihood to these men who are willing to be disloyal to their employers, In any organia tion of this size, the members of Which ave recruited ax our men mitt be recruited, there ix bound to be a percentage who uro not amenable to discipline and when no treatment, he it ever so tactful uke loyal, About four per of the Chinese Branch of this Wismiased each year for serious misconduct, and it ix this undesirable four per cent. who constitute the real danger (0 our, organization. This recruiting cully will be dealt with later, However much a man may be no-one la dismissed. until conclusive proof of misconduct can Be clearly shown in his presence. This ix not always easy to obtain, fas the Chinese witness against the potice ix unreliable snd. timorous, The normal agitator then is x dances owing to the undesirable four per cent. which may come under his influence, and, in their turn, me fluence the better class of man.
The "red" agitator works by pamphlet, and by the "cell" system which certain picked men are offered lucrative posts if they will collect so many others 1 followers to erence (rouble. In March, 19 during the Communist trouble, a Chinese constable was found guilty of theft during a raid, and before pocket was more or less understood by unwritten Inw; but, from the yamen runner upwards and downwards, each man had his share, The system is bred in the bone of the nation, and to eradicate it entirely is a matter of time and education. Up to the present time the military have taken what they want without any regard to scale, and this is hound to react on the minds of our men when they find themselves members of a semi military organization such as this police Fores, The problem of instilling official honesty" inthe Chinese police is therefore one of no small difficulty, men brought up to one Mandard of oficial morality. have be made to conform to an different standard when policemen. They con sider severe treatment jin such eases unreasonable, In all proved cases, however, the punishment is and the civilian popata-Jeouraged to make knows complaints which they may have on this score, Each case has to be inquired into very carefully Jas false charges are not infrequent and one unjust dismissal would: cause untold harm to the moral of the Chinese Branch, Owing to the opium evil, complete elimination of "squeeze" is impos: sible, Some years ago an agent of fan opium concern was arrested by Is Chinese constable when distributing a monthly fee of $2 per man to every Chinese policeman in a certain district. In spite of the fact that he swallowed his list of names, he was convicted and sen-ato six months' imprisonment. he payment of this kind of hush money, which is often not asked for, in the worst moral evil against h we have to contend. There fs little doubt that many a_ young constable is corrupted by the offer fof easy money of this kind, offered because he happens to walk a certain beat, and without him having even suggested such a pay-tment. This trouble has been slight ly lessened of Into. With pay at 12 (approx. 35s.) a month and twe thousand years of past official history behind him, it requires an exceptional man to' stand out from his fellows.
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