As some misapprehension has Ted to the suit-gestion that the Shanghai Municipal Council has {issued a formal order restricting the movements of ts police officers to non-Chinese areas, may be well, first to assert that no such order has been issued and secondly to outline what appears to be the foundation on which elaborate but inaccurate disquisition has been sed. Owing to the imposition of martial law im certain Chinese districts of Shanghai it Is possible that foreigners proceeding to places like Woosung and remaining there til after dark may be delained until daylight under orders of the martial law authorities, As the present requirements of the Police mako it imperative that the force should be as little short of effectives as possible and consequently that officers and' men should not' be in danger of being delayed in reporting for duty, the Commissioner, fas a matter of routine, has drawn attention 10 the existence of this martial law regime and pointed out the inadvisability of ofoers aff duty paying recreative visits to places in Chinese territory whence their detention might make it Impossible for them to return in time to report No restriction has been placed on the movements of officers or ren desiring (o go into Chinese {erritory where such disabilities are not likely to apply.
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