To the Editor of the ""Norm-Cinxa Day News"
Sm—Just a few minutes ago os T was "passing by the comer of the 'Bund and Avenue Edward'VII, T wit nessed a. scene unfortunately' which Is a positive maintain "a modern and efficient city which claims to, Police Force, 'A motor lorry loaded with bags of proceeding from the French Bund ina northernly direction, was held up by the traffic lights at the Fonds. intersection, While it) was' Stationary a group of young hooligans, who appear to be a permanent fixture in this neighbourhood, dashed up and shed two bags with some sharp.
irument, This resulte result, can easily be imagined; Ineredibie number of other. holl appeared, for' one hundred mass of these parasites wer Quite apart from the b robbery, which is being Tepeated in finaller ways all day long, the danger hooligans swarming grant.
'The policemen on' trate duty at this point do. their best under the circumstances; in. this instance they id apprehend two. youngsters and appeared to take them to the Station, quite beyond them to control the situation, Surely, if the Police of the Settlement and. the French Con~ cession wished to do so, they could get together and do sway with this Nery serious danger to traM@e and: barefaced thievery.
Shanghai, June 1 a
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.