Research On Shanghai Security Corps

Shanghai Republican guard group is the most important place of civil defense organizations. Its birth, development, change, activities in local political has related closely with Shanghai, and inseparable with Shanghai local social characteristics.Comprehensive and in-depth sort of history of Shanghai Republican, not only can understand the specific circumstances of the organization, but also reflects the change of the local political barometer, and also reflects the characteristics of the Republic of China Shanghai Society.The creation of the defend group has related closely with the social forces active in Shanghai, and the local elites autonomous system developed a deep soil inseparable,Volunteer Corps and Shanghai Merchants Group has provided a reference for the formation of defense groups. The outbreak of the war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provided an opportunity to defend the group. In the early creation, although the parties warlords trying to control the defend group, but because they did not establish a persistent domination in Shanghai, The local elites still hold on the control of the defend group. Until the national government in Shanghai established a strong domination by the state-dominated municipal power system to replace the system of local elites, the control power of the defense groups also will be transferred to the hands of the government. Later,the organization, activities, reconstruction of the defense groupsled by the government.In creating the authority of government, the defense group developed from a loose group of civil defense organizations to give a comprehensive upgrade. The defend group became a unified group, and a large scale group, management also more stringent. These changes are all own to government’s intervene, and permeates the state-controlled local will.No doubt,the defend group has positive effects to the defend of Shanghai t, there are routine maintenance of law and order, to participate in revolutionary activities, to participate in anti-Japanese activities contribute. However, as a society strong civil defense organizations, it also has many limitations, so their contribution can not be overestimated. In addition, compare with other defend group, the Shanghai defend group has obvious characteristics. One can see from the birth and development of theShanghai defend group, it is class-based business people led by local elite private nature, reflecting the vitality of Shanghai society, is a progressive group; the second is the defend group and Shanghai closely involved in local politics, can assess the situation and to remain independent after the failure, can be better integrated into the firm’s regime, continues to play to defend the local utility.