CO129-392 - Governor Sir May - 1912 [9-10] — Page 145

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Hon. Colonial Secretary,

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I shall endeavour to give concisely the opinions

I expressed &c., but the conversation lasted an hour. I asked for an interview to report that the Chinese considered there was nothing in present circumstances to render the suppression of crime in the Colony exceptionally difficult, and to express y opinion that the Chinese were justified in their belief. (I added however that Viceroy Yuan by economising in the Police Department had permitted lawlessness to increase in the Kwangtung Province). I pointed out that Chinese detectives as a class were not in such opposition to the Chinese criminal classes as the Police are at home: the line between police and criminals in China is very fine, and intercourse between them direct or indirect is common. In

China

so the Chinese say there is a sort of working agreement between the Police and the criminal classes, and the presence of law-breakers in a district is always well-known to the Police. The Chinese say that the same state of affairs exists in Honkong and that it is incredible that the Chinese detective staff should be

ignorant of the presence in Hongkong of the men who commit these armed robberies &c. I agree with them, and I told His Excellency that in my opinion the detectives were not kept up to their work:

that not enough energy was displayed in the investigation of crime, that I had the impression that the Police dropped a case too soon,

and that I thought Mr. Badeley too easy with his men. The detectiv-

-es being what they are I could only attribute the present deplor-

-able state of things to want of energy in the superior officers

of the force, and in answer to a question I added that in my

opinion the European Inspectors were equally to blame.

17th. Lurch, 1911.

(Sd.) A. W. Brewin.

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