To the Editor of the "Nomru-CHINA Daty NEWS"
Sim,—Now: that the question of "In-effüeieney of the Police Force" has been brought up again, 7 should like to ask a question or two in this respect, If the Japanese consider the Police Force inadequate, why do they have their premises guarded by Special police throughout the day-time? Also what rates do they pay for these special police? There is not a Japanese shop in the Nanking and Bubbling Well Road Districts that does not have a police on spedjal duty, evem to the tiny shop next the Grand Theatre where police surveillance is extremely adequate particularly throughout show time.
We fully realize that these Japanese shops need particular attention during these troublous times, but most banks, shops, ete, requiring such, employ their own police guards instead of insisting on ordinary police acting as watchmen, and in this way alleviate the burdens of the Police Force in having these men at their disposal for search parties, etc.
Further, police are parked in the v: ministration offices, i.e. telegraph, radio, ete. Is this actuall necessary snd required?
Here again, if cireumstances or conditions warrant, could not private men or guards be ployed by the parties concerned?
It is easy to enlarge upon little incidents as they occur, but perhaps we remain unaware of things like these happening daily in North China which are withheld from us due to the carrying out of strict censorship of news, ete., from that quarter.
GENDARME, Shanghai, Dec. 29.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.