Gen, Chien said that the very fact that he had been appointed Commissioner of Gendarmerie show= ed that conditions were stull abnor= mal. They were abnormal conditions which necessitated the establishment of such a post. Gon, Pei Chung-hsi had been Garrison Com= missioner but he, Gen, Chien, was now Commissioner of Gendarmerie, which showed that conditions had improved. The day when his post was abolished, therefore, would mean the day when such military headquarters would longer be necessary. So far as the maintenance of peace and order were concerned, Gen. Chien said, the work would' be divided into two-categories. The first would be the suppression of bandits, which eluded armed robbers, kidnap Work against kidnappers particularly emphasized because thi Kidnappers were so active that many well-to-do residents, including, i business men, hud left Kidnapping was, therefore, a menace not only to the peace and order of the district but also to the commercial prosperity of the port. Evil characters of the bandit class must be stamped out completely. lis other duty would be suppress. the Com munists. Although apparently suppressed, there was still a large number of Communists found in the factories of Shanghai A rigid investigation would be made wiped out so that industry could be restored to nor: the greatest in the world. describing how the Shans chants had helped the After Chien declared that he would and the Nationalist Gow any ways, Marshal since the Nationalist, occupied Shanghaj they had contributed several if millions of dollars to the Nationalist war chest, y had shouldered their respon-ities in a remarkably fine fashion and they were still shouldering them. The call now came for more money and the merchants were showing that they were confident in the ultimate success of the Nationtions to ive ce in onder facilitate in the performance of his, duties and the carrying out of his ideals, An address was delivered also by the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs.
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