The Archive · 1926

An Anthropological Lecture

HOW CHINBSE POLICE ARE SELECTED

The lecture delivered on Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society (North China Branch) by Professor S. M, Shirokogorolt, and entitled "The Conquest Of China by the Chinese™ or "Chin tse Migrations. in the. Light of Anthropological Investigations," at. tracted a fairly. Inrge audience to the Society"s lecture hall, In the unavoidable absence of the Society's President, Mr, Sidney Barton, the Chai was ocetpied by Mr. I. Mason, it. Similar services were hekl xt the Toping-kingyuan, where Mr. Hsu Chieh, a member Of the communist section, officiated.

Taore was also a ceremony at the Ticnanmen of noon, when Mr. Ma) Ustilin, former Vice-Minister of Education and a prominent member of the Kuomintang, Inid the founda tion stone of a bronze statue of Dr. Sun which is being erected there.

Large number of students were present at all the ceremonies - and {tucessions marched throu the Stroets.—Reuter's Pucifie Service. eve of loafers attackfers came to the attention! of the poles on Sunday—evening. after Mr. Huttick, engineer on the Provident Lincoln, made his report From his story it seems ax though]

wok a ricsha from. Yangtszepoo Read. and unaware of the cootie's prop sed destinaciom, permitted Himself, unk ingly, ta be pulled to. Alabaster Here $12 was taken from him ya gang of 20 large number of friends were present to offer their good wishes. The do's health wax proposed "by after which they will leave by the ress of Russia for six wh, the bride wore a chic ensemble of beige crepe de chi protests are being _a_proposal of the Chinese Telephone Administration Increase the scale of rates by about! $2 for each installation monthly.

Tum Associated Union News Agency earns that the local Anti-Bolshevik League at Route Vallon will start activities speedily. As soon ins the Hupeh and the Shantung forces have reached their destinations Marsha! Wa Pei-fu and Mr. Tong. Shao-yi will be elected president and vice-president respectively. Gen. Chin Yua-peng will be the premier and Mr. Chang Tai-yen, the well-Known Chinese scholar, Secretary. imply have to keep revolutionary ideas before the people, as they are a revolutionary Government which lives upon the continuance of revolt and revolutionary slogans. And as we are constitute ed as a people, these things do not really trouble us much, The Old Northmen Code "The Scandinavian peoples are constantly coming closer together. Lam a member of a commission of Scandinavian jurists which is un fying the civil codes of the various Scandinavian countries, We back to the old Northmen code, which is the basis of the Ango-Saxon law, which is the basis of English common law. Much goyd will come to the North Europea": peoples from this unity of legal code."

'Judge Ignatius is a brilliant personality, speaks a fluent English, has spent many years in England studying the English system of jurispradonee and has the highest' admiration for it. He is another example of the broad, cosmopolitan leaders produced by the smaller countries of Europe. who briefly introduced the lecturer find referred to hit work on certain fcientiie subjects with regard. to China Professor Shirokogorof, with the sil of maps, lantern illustrations, busts, skulls and other exhibits, de fivered "highly erudite lecture, in the course of which he traced the migration of the Chinese in early mex and also dealt with the people from a purely anthropological stand. point, classifying tem according. to types and placing them in highly interesting groups of much vale.

The professor observed that whereas type data was rarely seen {mong asha coolies, there was evidently a definite inclination in this. direction in the selection of Chinese for employment by" the Shanghai Municipal Police, who ap= parently were charon not' only for their physical qualities but also for mental and moral character. This theory the professor illustrated by reference to his type maps.

At the close, a hearty vote of thanks for his lecture was awarded to Professor Shirokogoroff. loafers.

The league is confident of success.

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