to Local Police Authorities The Greater Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has Joined in the agitation to put an end to the crime wave and identic letters Rave been despatched to the polic? authorities of the International Settlement, the French Concession and of Chinese territory requesting, that means should be devised whereby armed kidnappings may be suppressed and law and onder once more restored in the port. he Chamber, in the letter, says that "Kidnappings in'this port have increased to a startling extent during recent years and, although the Police. authorities of the International Settlement, the French Concession and of Chinese territory have exerted their utmost efforts to suppress this form of crime, kidnapping gangs and it has. mazing to see th, within the past week, no fewer than Tour cases of armed kidnapping have secured, during which a number of persons have either been killed or wounded, "This increase in the number armed' kidnappings has not only thrown the residents of the port into a constant state of fear as the safety of their lives and proerty, but it will create a grave Smpediment to the development. of trade and commerce, upon which the development of Shanghai depends.
"At its 26th regular meeting, this Chamber brought the question for discussion and it was unanimously resolved that you, th? police authorities of the Internation '41 Settlement, the French Conces: sion and of El territory, should be requested to devise means whereby armed kidnappings may b¢ feuppressed and. law and order once more effectively restored in the port, on are earnestly requested to carry out our suggestion
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