Talks are frequently exceptionally interesting. In fact it may be said that Rotary has long ago discovered what the British Broadcasting Corporation is now turning to good account—the fact that when a man or a woman talks upon his or her profession the subject seems at once to develop an interest which would otherwise be quite unsuspected. This remark applies very forcibly to the brief talk which given to Rotarians yesterday by Mr. Edward L. Faupel on the duties of a Marshal of the United States Court.—The occasion happened to be Mr. Faupel's birthday and, as was so happily put by Mr. Holland in moving a vote of thanks, Mr, Faupel had given the Rotarians and their guests a very pleasant birthday present, The weight of responsibility resting on the United States Court in Shanghai is exceedingly heavy because it has of necessity to comprise in minia-lure machinery of several distinct departments or categories of judicial administration in the mother countr; The duties of the Federal State and Municipal Courts, for example, have all to be performed in a single court in Shanghai. So the Marshal in his person has to perform functions which in the United States itself are covered by various officials in the Federal and State jurisdiction. count keeping as well as the keeping in order of unruly American citizens and attention to a hundred and one matters vitally affecting the judicial machinery of the United States have to be attended to by the Marsha!
Local Ca-operation In the course of his talk Mr, Faupel paid a very warm tribute to the cooperation given by the SMC., the French Concession and the City Government police. To those who were acquainted, he suggested, with the jealousy which sometimes existed the Federal and State police in the United States of America, it} was refreshing to find such complete absence of friction in Shar Most interesting, too. was Mr Faupel's account of the wonderful work done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, popularly known as the department ' which produces the G Men. In the last year that organization had cost the country 5 million dollars, but it had saved the country, either by the recovery of property, the collection of fines or other activities, the sum of 41 million dollars. Its activities had proved so beneficial in stamping out crime that proposal: were now being made for bringing within its jurisdiction the investigating department of the postal, narcotic and immigration services. The United States' power to deal effectively with criminals who desired, as so many of them did, tu make their escape to China, had been considerably enhanced by the modification of the extradition law. This gives the American authorities here power to act with greater expedition than could their brother British officials, for if a criminal landed in Shanghai, by a very swift exercise of authority the Marshal could secure his deportation back to his own country, which was quite ready to deal with him in a very short space of time. The effect of this change in the law had been to see a far fewer influx of undesirable Americans into foreign countries, to the advantage of the receiver and the giver.
American Donations In the course of the proceedings, Mr, Tam, who presided, announced the receipt of many generous donations from America to the Rotary Club's fund ior assisting refugees in this time of distress. It was also di: closed that by means of a one U.S. dollar appeal to the Rotarian Clubs of the United States a great accession to the refugee funds was expected
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