We shall have with us all the members of the foreign community Shanghai, as well as of very Jarge numbers of Chinese, in offer~ ing. congratulations to' Captain Fiori, Chief of the French Police, on being created an Officer of the Legion of Honour. While the warmest relations have ever existed Between the Police forces of the Foreign Se: tlement and French Concession, there has, since Captain Fiori took' charge, been a greater degree of that personal intimacy which goes so far to supplement cfficis] ce-operation, no matter how close that may be it only that this has beet to say that the public on this side have experienced the same thing—finding in Fiori the most approachabl and sympathetic of officers. In a community such a3 ours that is a very great asset. And while expressing our appreciation of this aspect of Captain Fiori, we must not forget the petual tangible work which he thas accomplished since succeeding Captain Schmidt, Apart altogether from local Chinese demonstrations, the time hag been in which the security of Settlement and Concession has been frequently threatened by the incursion of defeated soldiers from without, and anxious months have been spent in arduous intelligence work—sifting the truth from reports brought in through many tources—and thereafter the protection of the boundaries. The fact that Captain Fiori has carried through this part of his work s0 successfully makes the honour very well-deserved.
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