Nanking, Mar. 20, Improvement of the people's livellhood and the promotion of their morality in accordance with the beneathed teachings of the late Porty Leader, Dr. Sun, were prescribed by Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the Nation-at Government, as the fundamental remedy against the rampancy of rime when speaking at the weekly memorial service at the National Government. headquarters his morning.
Quoting the figures submitted by the Judicial Yuan, Mr. Lin said there are now 60,745 ' men "and women criminals serving penal terms prisons of different provinces and municipalities throughout the country, Of the total number, 31,309 are con-viered of robbery, 9,369 of homicide, 3,572 of obscenity "and immorality, 7,894 of opium smoking and narcotic drug traflcking 2110 of political offences and the remaining 6,701 of miscellaneous off In spite of this large number, It does not include criminals of those [provinces and municipalities for which the returns are not available. The actual gute for the whole country, therefore, must be much larger than 0,745, and is estimated at. around 100,000, 'A comparison of the latest figures with those of the year 1931, Mr, Lin stated, reveals a sharp increase of criminals in the recent years, While there are about 2,500 convicted robbery and piracy eases in 1031, the present"number is about 14,500, an incrouse of over 500 per cent, He pointed out that a careful analysis shows that most of the criminal acts were committed through econo: mie and social causes. Owing flood, drought and other natural calamities, people's livelihood has been placed ina most precarious situation, Utter despair over poverty and starvation has emboldened these people to resort to irregular means to eke out a living and the result is fan alarming increase in robbery and homicide cases, 'To remedy the situation, Mr, Lin continued, the livelihood of the' people must be improved through economic und industrial development of the country. No reasonable person, well provided for, would run counter to law and face the prospect of bein landed in the penitentiary, said Mr. Lin—Central News
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