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were allowed to live away from it) to prevail. I am of opinion that the unguarded condition of the Station invited attack and very probably inspired the Chinese pirates with the idea of plundering the safe there, which no doubt they knew contained at times a large sum of money. The fatuousness in the Folice separat- -ing themselves from their arms at night is another extraordinary feature of this remarkable case. Had Sergeant Boulger had with him on his house top the .303 carbine with which he is supplied in common with all European and Indian Police it is possible that he might have prevented by rifle fire the piracy of the launch with which the pirates made good their escape. At any rate he would certainly have inflicted loss on them. His fire from a private revolver "found in his kit" at a range of about 80 yards was of course ineffective.
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If this had been the first occasion on which
Mr. Badeley's action as Captain Superintendent of Police had been
nade the subject of adverse comment I might perhaps have taken a
more lenient view of the case. But it is on record that Sir Henry
Blake who was specially well qualified to form a judgment express-
-ed the opinion in his Confidential Despatch of 7th. November,
1903, that Mr. Badeley does not possess the qualities necessary
for the command and guidance of the mixed Police Force of this
Colony. I have been driven, reluctantly because I, like Sir Henry
Blake, recommended Mr.. Badeley's appointment, to the same conclu-
-sion. A want of discipline and organization was brought to light
on the occasion of the disturbances, culminating in riot, which formed the subject of Sir F. Lugard's Secret Despatch of the 25th. of November, 1908. It appears from the report of the Captain Superintendent of Police which accompanied that Despatch that those disturbances began at 9.30 a.m. yet it transpired that the Captain Superintendent of Police had not been apprised of the disturbances till about 10.30 p.m. the same night. I drew Sir F. Lugard's attention to this in a Linute (4th. Noveliber, 1908) of which the following is an extract:- "Mr. Badeley does not explain "how it was that he received no report of the disturbances till
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