It would be impossible to add anything to the enthusiastic praise vole. fed throughout the community for; Detective Sergeant Henton's brill-fant achievement in accounting for three armed robbers who had all the advantage of position over him. As Judge Koh suggested at the inquest, if such salutary lessons were administered oftener, crime would not be 0 popular and even the agents Soviet terrorism would—step gingerly along their nefarious pat Since the incident in which Sergea Benton took such a splendid part been the subject of unqualified praise, however, we shall seize the opportunity to' be different from others and regret one phase of it, The excellent officer, it seems to us, did his job too thoroughly; for every} man in the outlaw party was, killed stone dead on the spot and. there was no survivor left to talk and tell who they were and what they were up to," From earlier reports wel gathered that they were neither} soldiers nor coolies, but rather fine gentry, so far as their appearance and clothes went, and that none of them had been in custody before or was known to the police. The ap-_ wranee of such amateurs in the criminal ranks, with their "Jazz" sweaters and Stetson hats, is exceed. ingly interesting. They may be no more than gay young wasters who adopted what they thought an easy way to pick up spending money in bulky but on the other hand there will always be the fascinating possibility that they were political agents collecting party funds and, at the same time, seasoning themselves in outlawry to enhance their useful ness. It seems a pity, in view of the known prevalence of such practice in crime for budding re-evolutionists, that the problem of their identity will probably remain!
mystery. Apart from this one re. zret, we naturally have no others, The' satisfaction that the Chinese, police will derive from this swift and perfect extermination of the murderers of their comrade, C.P.C. 1087, is indeed a consideration that foftsets any possible quibbling wi the affair. The Chinese police are, As we have often pointed out, a remarkable body of mon, with a strong sense of responsibility and a fears Tessness in dangerous situations! which makes them stand out in strong contrast to the average Chinese military unit. The tribute which they invariably receive from the police chiefs for displays of exceptional prowess and courage undoubtedly docs more than: anything else to keep up a fine spirit; but the memory of what happened to murderers of the constable who shot on Monday morning and thoroughly avenged on Tuesc joining, will remain a long while with these Chinese stalwarts and will stimulate not a little their loyalty to the police service, The Red Hyena The news that both Poland ant Lithuania had decided to submit their disputes to League of Nations arbitration must have come as a pleasant surprise and a real relia to the governments of Europe, and we can derive a certain amount of satisfaction from it oven here, since this decision is in a sense a slap fin the face for that hyena among governments, the U.S.S.R. We confess that we' know very little about Lithuania except that it is heavily forested and that the language is unique in Europe as the most closely related to Sanskrit. We also have a very hazy conception of what the dispute was between Poland and Lithuania, which the Loa-gue is not called upon to settle, but grasp the fact that Soviet promptly took such a keen in the feud that she forgot discretion and committed herself to the absurd announcement that Lith-sovereign integrity, or sume= like that, was a matter of deep concern to' her—the concern of the hyena for the lost and panicky lamb! Had the Lithuanians been as silly lambs as the now desperate [conspirators in Moscow hoped, they would have responded to this advance to their defence by arrang-1g for further Soviet support, and Europe would have had to come to attention, The appeal to the Lea~ gue of Nations must be interpreted as a definite deviation from any such foolish course, and our Red enemies have had yet another rebuff to enter on their now enormous debit sheet.
H.MS. Carlisle, Captain G.'W. Hallifax, will return home from"the China Station on the conclusion of liber present commission, for refit fund retubing. of her boilers. tt is expected that, when ready for ger vice again, she will be allotted! to the"! American' and ' West" Tiidies Station.
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