Persistent rumours to the effect that 44 Sikh policemen employed Joy the Municipal Police Force of the British Concession in Hankow were Jcooped up in the smallest possible space in the Municipal Building} there most of which was in use by the Cantonese authorities, _were borne out on Sunday by the' arrival Jof these constables in Shanghai on foord the C. N. str. Changshi 'The reason for the delay in' their Jdeparture was given by one of the] Hankow Concession officials, at pre-Jsent in Shanghai, to the outstanding] loans which most of the Sikhs were Known to have made to local Chinese. In staying on, no indication iven that they were of a mind "go over" to the Cantonese, it is understood, although this protection was offered them in the preliminary] stages of the Cantonese regime which chose to regard the Sikhs Jone of the "oppressed races" and therefore deserving of the friendly gesture. To all appearances. the Sikhs were far more concerned with collecting their loans from the Han-low Chinese in their debt than with he protestations of the Cantonese officials, this is Velieved to have accounted for their peculiar position, practically in the state of siege, in the Municipal Building.
With their arrival in Shanghai the M. Police Department are considering their predicament and it is Mbclioved will reach a decision to-day whether or not to incorporate these Sikhs, who are declared to be extremely loyal, into the body of the Police force and as watchmen in the Settlement.
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