Gen. Yen's Appeal to Chinese to Report All Cases Without Delay to Police Gen, Yen Chuan-yang, Commissioner of the Shanghai and Woosung Police, has issued the following proclamation:
"Shanghai, being a large port wherein all kinds of people, good and bad, meet, naturally is the scene of frequent and unavoidable kidnappings and robberies. I am informed that people are afraid to report such matters to the authori~ ties for the following reasons:—(1) "they fear that by reporting to the authorities they will incure great enmity from the outlaws who may in turn inflict the severer punishment to them and; (2) Once such matters are reported to the officials, considerable time is lost before the law can take effect and in many it tances such cases never meet wi success and an enormous financial burden is added to their losses.
"It has long been my policy to settle these grievances and I have tried my best to clear off all maladministration. The people may hereafter rest assured that will do my best to help them. Whatever may be their grievances they are asked to report such to me. Whatever may be the case, big or small, I make no discrimination in dealing with them."
An additional number of detec tives have been employed by Gen. Yen and they have been offered good salaries and promised high rewards if they are faithful to their duties and hunt down criminals successfully,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.