to Crime Municipal Council is now considering the whole question of gambling in the International Settlement, special attention being paid to relation to crimes of violence.
Correspondence exchanged between the rector-General and the Commissioner of Police shows the officio opinion to be that where there is "protected" gambling, as in Shanghai, there is bound to be a "high incidence of crime.
'The Commi of Police advocates a polic of suppression, by al) means in the Council's power, of all forms of gambling, commerce' ized or otherwise, on this ground.
A high Council official has assured the "North-China Daily News" that while no immediate drastic action is contemplated future action is imperative, commercialized and "protected" gambling existing here on a larger scale than in any other city of the same size elsewhere.
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