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The frequent occurrence of Addnapping and, robbery in the Settlement tends to raise doubts in the minds of residents as to the efficiency of our police: protection, especially as it affects our Chinese population, shooting of a special constable and'earlier'the death of a regular] constable have shocked the entire community. Such incidents clear-Jy show that there is a large body, of, organized: desperadoes in our} midst. against which the police are: called upon to exeat their full. strength. The wealth the Settlement as compared with other parts of China is a standing temptation to bad characters to congregate here, even though they may find it more difficult to carry out thei nefarious schemes in such a well-policed plate as this than other parts of China. It must not be forgotten that the prob-Jems of maintaining order in tHe Settlement arise chiefly, from the general conditions which prevail in China present time. Everywhere ther fave disbanded soldiers who have turned to banditry and have allied themselves with local' rascals, Military control very lax in all the armics,.and it, is now the prevailing custom for soldiers to quarter themselves upon the people, Advaneing troops "take possession of everything they want. This process of disbanding has been going: on for several years, and there need be no wonder in the mind of any resident that we have so many robbers in our midst. It can be said with all fairness that only the fear of Shanghai's police organization has kept away from our boi ders many desperate who would otherwise flocked hither, The contrast between Nanking and Shanghai in the matter of police efficiency has been shown. clearly in the accounts of two! funerals which have recently appeared in Shanghai papers. Two days ago we published a full account of the funeral of Police!
Constable Francis... It w: very impressive occasion. procession passed: from the morruary along Yalu, Haining, Szechuen, and Nanking Roads to the cemetery, a distance of at least four miles and all along the route there was order. The chief officer of the police force walked directly behind the gun carriage in full view of the large crowds which lined the streets. On the same day published the account of this funeral the local Chinese news-
Papers gave an account of one in Nanking. On November 22, Yang Tan-hsu, a nineteen-year old student in the Party College, was shot during an emcute. He was carried to the Drum Tower Hospital which formerly was conducted by the University of Nanking but has been seized and retained by the Nationalist Government. Unfortunately the young man on November 27 succumbed to his serious wounds, On the!
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