Strength of the Poroe on December 31. office-breaking. Successful investigation was made in 107 eases, resulting in the recovery of property nous action to. base motives. Although they failed to. quote valued at $29,666, addition to] evidence in support of these charges, Which recoveries fo the extent of they accused Great Britain of lend-$22,307 were made in connexion with ing money selling arms to the reports received prior to December tarists, but did not 1 in. addition successful results criticise which, not being. Wore obtained in 129 cases reported bound by the Arms Embargo Agree-having occurred outside Settle- ment, have sold munitions in large ment limits and in 53 where the proftuantities to Chinese. militarists perty was reported as lost.
Ghroughout the year. The Christian Trafficking in Firearms—Four Missionaries, who make large con-foreigners and four Chinese were tributions in service and. money arrested during the month for Ennually" to. the welfare of the trafficking in firearms when eighteen Ghinese people, were denounced as pistols and revolvers and.about two base instruments of imperialism. thousand rounds of ammunition were Some Japanese, who were also ar-Seized. "Three of the accused were ranging to spend sums of money sentenced to imprisonment, three Were handed to their Naval Authorities for trial, one was cautioned amd one is under remand, Two) Chinese were arrested for being in possession of firearms for an un-Jawful purpose and sentenced to imprisonment.
Crime beyond Settlement Limits. for' the cause of duc tion and. science, were condemned 05 tmoters'of imperialism, Thus itis clear that the extremists are intent upon opposing all activities, how-fever. meritorious, which have. the effect of promoting friendship between foreigners and Chinese. There every reason to believe that their depreciation of the exchange value of the tael will cause an increase i the price of flour which is used extensively as a diet by Chinese be-Tonging to the Northern provinees.
Agitation against issue of notes fractions of @ dollar—In an effort to find a solution of the subsidiary money problem, the Bank of China andthe 'Bank' of Commonications during the month issued notes of denominations of 10, 20 and '50 cents respectively. The exchange shopkeepers however are complaining that the notes are sure to be counterfeited as they are badly printed on indifferent paper, and on this pretext refuse to accept them at their face value. A fear that the circulation of the new notes may deprive exchange shopkeepers of the profits resulting from fluctuations in the value of subsidiary coi bably constitutes the real basis of the objection to the new notes.
Opiun.—According to" statistics given by @ delegate to the Conference of Narcotic Drugs held in received to-day from the Commis~—Twelve cases of robbery and plans for the furtherance of this sioner of Foreign Affairs. The piracy were reported during the campaign include scheme to cause Shanghai during the month, the letter reads as follows:—month as having occurred in territurbances at no-foreign gather amount of opium smuggled into China was increased from 26 tons "with reference to the matter tory under Chinese jurisdiction in ings. the three Chinese represent the neighbourhood of Shanghai, Communint Acticit Apart in 1923 to 30 tons in 1926. This natives to be added to the Municipal two instances the inmates of houses from participating in the move-statistician also declared that, the Council, I should be glad to be plundered succumbed to bullet) ments against Christianity and recrudescence of the opium business the Comin China was due to many persons of informed as to whether their rewounds received at the hands of sponsibility, position, title, and robbers. munists were untiring during the low standing having attained, privileges will be the same as Military Sitwation—The territory month in thei it efforts to promote) political and military power. those of the foreign councillors of adjoining the Shanghai-Hangchow surest and hostility to the Chinese authorities.
They advoeat~ the Council." and Shanghai-Nanking Railways as attempted murder of a Chinese well as the lines were at the end I shall feel much obliged if you Constable who was fired at by an. of December in possession of demand for the will be good enough to let me know, armed man in the West Hongkew Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's forces. hai into a Speci Administrative oon as possible, your District on December 1; the murder Although the fighting had not at Area, They argued that the strike this point, of a Chinese female whose dead body that time extended to these areas, would bring the workers increased Thave the honour to be, bearing wounds on the face and head its adverse effects upon trade and wages and apply an opportunity to Sir, was found in a pool of water in the commerce were being manifested in revenge the death of the comrades Your obedient servant, Yangtszepoo District on December
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