/Reappearance of Undesirables on End of War in Kiangsu: The Power They Wield The number of loafers and undesirables in Shanghai and vicinity decreased during the period of the recent war because large numbers were conscripted into the army, while others kept wide of the martial law area, Most of the Toafer population of Shanghai come from the Ningpo and Shaohsing and Kiangpei districts, the latter being. apecisfists in kidnapping. The martial law requirement both in' Chekiang and the Shanghai, district kept these people out of the way. with a marked diminution in crime and disturbances, particularly industrial agitation:
Large numbers of those cons~ cripted have now been sent back to, this part of China, the war being' over. It was thought at one time that, if Sun Chuan-fang remained in northern Kiangsu, he might fine some use for these people, partiularly those who were natives of northern Kiangsu. His decision, however, to take no further part in the war has also caused him to cut down the overhead expenses on his establishment and, as noted by our Haichow correspondent yesterday, he has specially ordered that more bandits are to be taken into the army.
Dreaded by Labourers, Many of the so-called labour leaders, the new men who so sud~ denly appeared on the scene when: gene They the flowing tre not genuine Inbourers, for whom weryone must have great oyttpathy, but they are becoming a new genus in Shanghai, the professional Inbour agitator. They are certainly not students nor any connexion of them, nor. Bolsheiks nor antiforeign. They are not concerned with ideas or ideals or excuses for their conduct. They simply go into the thing because it isa source of revenue and gives them a certain The Tabcur troubles in Shanghai and their participation in the starting and the settlement of the troubles, gives them an opportunity to get in with the lees scrupulous class of politicians, who might want disturbances for their own ends. The labourers are simply exploited by these 'm id led to strike and to make trouble because of promised increases in pay, with serious intimidation if they: fail to strike. Every lower class Chinese fears the Known membership or perhaps even imagined membership in them is magical upon tha ignorant classes.
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