The Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police reports that the oral of 2,085 cases of rime dealt with by the Police in January show an increase of 243" compared. with that for December and an increase of 617 as compared with the figure for the corresponding month of last year. Arrests for crime committed Showed an increase, 1,753" persons having been apprehended in January as against 1.735 in December and 1,008 in November. In addition 114 Persons were taken into custody for ¢Fimes committed in previous months, Sixty-seven persons wore arrested on behalf of other authorities, Three eases of attempted murder, tone of armed kidnapping, and three of manslaughter, were reported,
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