Communist Meetings Let Alone But Concerts and Lectures Regularly Annoyed row 4 Comnesrowoeet Harbin, April 13.
There does_not seem to be any very great efficiency in the Harbia Police system for the reason that Wwe have' the same sample of indecision and indifference as the case of most cities and towns in Chins Thus it is that Soviet unions and gangs are left unmolested comparatively speaking, whereas legiti. ate organizations are prevented from holding literary and musical meetings, discussions, and so forth, fon the ground that the authorities fear the spread of Communism.
The whole business has reduced {itself to such ridiculous proportions that it is becoming more and more inconvenient to hold musical concerts or lecture meetings. Whenever a concert takes place, there would be a galaxy of policemen present the concert hall. Most of these men, being ignorant of western culture' and custom, and knowing nothing at all about western theatre etiquette, walk in and out of the concert hall, slamming doors in the process and' passing remarks in a music-lovers and the inconvenience of the performers. If a lecture is held, the number of policemen present would exceed by far that] usually in attendance at _coneerts, and would behave themselves _as though the lecturer were suggesting the necessity of a revolution or plot against the powers-that-be, instead of delivering merely a lecture, say, on the "Evolation of Mu
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