Ca. appeared on September 3 in the With a tendency for crime to in-realized, Lut most of them sooner or Chinese press and they have been crease at the Change in season, a Tater come into the police net. translated for their interest. review of the past months of this Then of course there is a number One was to the effect that Me. year shows interesting figures. Re-of criminals in training, all the time, Tsung-kung, Vice-Minister of cent comment on @ prevalence of, Jand quite a few break into the game Communications, who has been Diekpockets is shown to have been every year, replacing those who drop pointed to succeed Mr, Chen Shih-handly justified, except that there out. From the graphs, however, it tseng as general manager of the has been a slight increase in the will be seen that the number of ar-company, is visiting Nanking to last fortnight or s0. rests follows the number of cases negotiate with Government officials recorded quite faithfully, indicating, Statistics regarding snatching and that the crime situation at no time regarding the most important ques-pocket-picking and graphs llustration which faces the China Mer-thas got beyond the control of the Live'of the number of cases record: chants S. N, Ca., namely, its finan-arrests made, and the number of The largest number of snatchings cial position, and will return to-doz ested people identified as having! to occur in one week this year took Shanghai to take up his appoint-previously convicted for the same! [place in the week ending March 29, ment. crime, have keen made available by }44 cases being recorded. The highest Meanwhile, Mr, Tsai Pei, the act-the Shanghai Municipal Police and number of arrests during any one ing general manager, is prepared fare published in this issue. In the week were made in this same period, to hand over th its of the graphs of both these two crimes, 27, and of these 15 were recognized company to Mr. Li as soon as the it will be aeon that a large number fs" old offenders. latter arrives. of previous offenders are In the week ending August 2 the probably about 70 per cent, of the Another matter worthy of en greatest number of pickpocket eases total arrests, this showing that the ion is that Mr. Tsai Pei has was recorded, 35. The most arrests police are pulling in the right men fused to accept his salary for the made in a week wore 19, this oceurfor these cases, month he acted as general manager ring on three separate occasions, of the China Merchants: this In some parts of the graph the weeks ending March 29, June 28} Jamounts to $1,000. It is also s: aid appears that there is a large dis-and July 19 respectively. The last {that he has pai his personal exexepancy between the number of lof these three shows another good perses, during his tenure of office, eases reported and the number of record, for of the 1° arrested, 18 out of his own pocket. Hi 8 is, arres's made. However, to take were recognized as having previous to save money for the company and snatching for instance, there is little convictions. The week which ended fenable it to scrape together suffi chance of finding @ man who grabs yesterday, however, shows a till kag from behind his victim and eter record, for of 23 arrested, 22 cient to pay the staff and to ipe off its old debts. runs away with nobody in the vieing ave previous convictions, This ty. The police may or may not get not shown on the chart, which only In this connection, Mr. Tsai has to hear of the case. If they do, it covers the period from the end of|obtained a small laun for the pay is recorded, but there is little chance Deceniter to the end of August. ment of a month's wages to his of making an arrest. Most of the 'A number of reasons account for subordinates who have not beer snatching eases come to be reported crime waves, and it is hard to set] paid for two months. through police vigilance, and definite periods for them. When arrest is then recorded with it as a there are Tess crowds on the streets The Kin Lee Yuan Whart Jand more chance for an escape, such Jas in the winter, the majority of With regard to the dispute As regunls pocket-picking, it will the armed robberies has occurred,|tween the China Merchants S. N.
seen that the graph line indicat-habitual offenders. follows that the peak this year being shown i-|Co. and the Societe des Missions representing arrests with a remark January, when 140 cases were re-|Etrangéres over the lease of tae able closeness.
Of 340 arrests made} Iported. From then on a steady de-skin Lee Yuan Wharf, the Chinese cline was shown until the low period press says that Mr. Kao She, the so far this year, 297 were recognized as having previously convicted for pocket-picking. Again, police vigil-unco is responsible for the majority of the cases reported, and arrests made at the same tim Taking 70 per cent, as the proportion of arrested persons recog. nized as habitual offenders, one! wonders what the remaining 80 yer represents. Some of these are old offenders who have been caught for the first time: a man may carry out several snatchings or pocket-picking before he is arrested, it wil be fin dune, only 80 being shown. 'Since arbitrator nominated by the China then there has been an upward! Merchants S. N. Ca. has opened tendency. direct negotiations ith the Frenca Crowds, however, provide the opmissionaries concerned regard portunity' for the stealthy pick-this question on September 1, pocket, and there were 145 cases instead of through the French July. "Snatching has been most prebitrator. valent this year in March, the figures:
4 At this meeting, the Chinese press jumping from 90 in February to 140 pence, the Fresh misslonsrice are the next month. While pickpockets were most prevalent in July, however, snatching, armed robbery, burglary and house-breaking wore at a comparatively low level, there being too many people roaming around in the streets and in and out of their houses during the night in the warm id to have agreed either tinue the lease of the wharf to the China Merchants 8. N. Ca. or to sell it if necessary.
However, the missionaries intima! fed their desire to take back tne control of part of the property for their own use.
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