The difficulties the police have to contend with in the suppression of drug dens catering to heroin addicts were stressed by the police before Mr. C. H. Haines in H. M. Police Court yesterday when G. H. G. Cameron appeared on remand after pleading guilty on a former occasion to a charge of buying heroin. Defendant, who was arrested in the latter part Gf October when the Municipal Police made a descent on a den in the Hóngkew district operated by Koreans. readily admitted that he was taking heroin. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
An alleyway off "Haining Road which the police raided also housed several gambling dens, defendant told the court. A police officer told the court that Koreans who were subject to the jurisdiction of the Japanese consular authorities invariably got off with a fine in connection with operation of drug dens. He also said, the police were doing their best to cope with the situation. but were labouring in dificult circumstances. The officer observed that the taking of heroin usually led the addicts to the commission of petty crimes such as larceny.
In passing sentence Mr, Haines observed that it was a disgraceful state of affairs and expressed the hope that defendant would be rid of hie habit by the time he came out of prison. He also hoped that defendant would learn a lesson and turn over a new leaf.
"Die Masken Fallen" (The Masks Fall) by Mark Siegelberg and Hans Wiener, which played to enthusiastic audiences last week, will again be presented on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, at 8 p.m, in the auditorium of the British Press. Attache's Office at No. 28, The Bund.
The play is unique in that it tells of events actually experienced in Austria at the time of its annexation by the Nazis. Persecution of the Jews, the concentration camp, the machinations of the Gestapo are depicted.
In the concentration camp scene, the hero is given the number actual. ly worn by the author, Mark Siegel berg, when he was confined in a concentration camp.
The cast of 20 include many players with years of stage experience in Vienna, Miss Lily Flohr, well-known night-club entertainer, appears in the leading feminine role. The part of the persecuted Jewish journalist is Played by Karl Bodan who gives a brilliant performance.
The authors hope to be able to present this play in English when it is translated.
Tickets may be obtained from the "Shanghai Jewish Chronicle" at No. 17 Canton Road without charge and it would be advisable to apply early as only limited accommodation is available.
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