According to officials of the City Government of Greater Shanghai, the. Peking special police, who arrived here' from the" north to take over the policing duties "from" Japanese landing forces in the war-torn areas, have been placed under the command of Gen, Wen Ying-hsing, the Comanissioner of Public Safety for Greater Shanghai, and, except those who have signified their intention of re-tu north, members of the special police will be pu on dut a the various branches of the Public Safety Bureau at Chapei, Woosung and. Vinghsiang.
"The wages of the members Of this Peking. special police ill: rang from 817 to $15 month for. con stables, which amounts ate Mighty higher than' those received. by. mem: hors of the Shanghai Public: Sat Bureau of similar rank officials of the City Major-General Ralph Lule, com: mander of the Pekjog special police, and some of hi€' subordinate off ers will soon leave for the. north hig post here is of a. temporal nature and his. post at Tents urgently requires his presence, hai as a commercial port and the creation of the International. Settle-tent it has experienced two Inter-ational wars, but the inhabitants enjoyed peace and order during those. periods." One of these. wars was of "years ago, while the other til be. Some business men of our was 98 Years age, and there mus'
friendly Powere-here. who. passed through the wars von" the spot.
These' two wars both' lasted over eight months—one was over a ear Ssu the trade in the Yangtze Valley and the Internation red Settlement was respected, The Chi-hose. Government subsequently fereated a fortified zone at Woosung Sat it ald not affect the Settlement it is plain that since China fered into commercial treaty rola-Retiring fons with the Powers she-has a Mr, William Van Buskirk, Deputy ways, protected international com Marshal of the United mercial areas to the best of her for China, who ig retiring. from the service, due tot fiiness Mr. Van Buskirk ie leaving United "This has never been States on June 28 and plans to make changed, and though she had to home in Newark, New Jersey. undergo' serious sacrifices she has Jalways restrained herself to the ex. treme. And so this port, created and
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