With the retirement, on Friday, of Me, 'T. P. Givens, Deputy Commis-sloner of the S.M. Police, came to 4 close the Shanghai career of an om cial whose activities have been intimately canneded with the political life of the Community for the last 21 years. So closely, os a mat ler of fact, has Mr. Givens. watched over the political situation here that In reading an account of his career one is actually reading a chapter of the history of Shanghai, with its wars and crises and wealth of important events, Mr. Givens joined the Munfeipal Police on March 3, 1907. After passing through the various grades he was promoted Assistant Commissioner 1927 and Deputy Commissioner in 1934, For three and a halt years he performed the ordinary police duties, and clerical work at the International Mixed Court, From his fourth 16 huis eighth year he had charge of the detectives in the Bubbling Well and West Hongkew police districts, From the end of his eighth year until the present he has been attached to the jittery Authorities under Lu Yung-hsiang. On arrival at Minghong they saw no signs of military activity apart from a few. big guns resting on lorries and small parties of soldiers digging trenches, They then decided to proceed west through the country towards Sungkiang to see if they could get reliable Information about the location and_plans of General Sun's Fukien troops, After they had walked for. about four hours they were surprised when soldiers who had taken cover in Pampas grass on grave mounds sprang up and made them prisoners.
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