The, Chinese papers understand that Col. Yuan Liang, Commissioner of Public Safety for Greater Shanghai, has submitted a petition to t Mayor, Gen, 'Chang' Chun, "request. ing him to bring about the rendition the police rights of. the Tete national Settlement. without del order to unify the police adminis stration in the Shanghai area, The contents of the petition have not been made public but, Col, Yuan the Shang tate of ind that the rendition sary to ensure peace and order in Chinese territory.
According to the Chinese news papers, the. Colonel says, that he Considers the rendition of the pol Tights of the Settlement osrential because criminal "gangs, having committed crimes i the Retement, frequently take refuge in the Chinese controlled area with the result that peace, and. order there are menaced. The crime wave in the Settlement, he is alleged to have said, especially insofar as kidnaping cases are concerned, is greater inthe Settlement than in Chinese which fact (again the Chinese newspapers are quoted), shows that the Settlement authorities have failed to improve. their methods and are unable" to. accord Prener protection to the community, in. view of this, ho is reported as saying to the Chinese press that, it necessary" to. bring about, the rendition of police rights without further delay.
The Chinese papers quote Col. Yuan og saying in conclusion that the rendition of all foreign conces: sions in China is one of the National Government's policies and, as judicial rights have already been sur rendered by the Settlement authorities, "there is no. reason for the retention of police rights.
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