rough portion of the street crowd, has] including many Chinese who should know better.
It is unnecessary to recall in detail the various occurrences which marl the unexpected ebullition of feeling displayed by the mob daring the period referred to above; at the same time, snob incidents are apt to be speedily forgotten when danger is considered to be past, and with the incidents the lesson wich they shoold offer to every ratepayer in Shanghai.
The maintenance of law and this Bettlement, as in every civilized community, is vested in the bands of the Police. In Eorope and Aum once the resources of the Poli folly employed, there are vane means by which peace and public safety can still be preserved. In. Shangh: on the other band, there is only other immediate reronrce upon which rat have to depend for security in view of serious danger to property if not to life in this Settlement, and that resource is the S.V.C.
T have no desire to be classed it I consider it my daty state that, bad it not_ peep, for the prompt and efficient aid rendered by the Volunteers to the Police en the various occasions t the er vices of the former were asked for daring the Late distorbancrs, the result of these to the community might have been very mach more serious then they were.
Rent Reduction Campaign.—Another disturbing factor doring last month it to be found in the efforts of certain Chinese tenants to combine illegally to get their rent reduced.
The organization and headquarters of the Rent Redaction Buresa first situated in a shop in the Navking Road, bat bare now been removed elsewhere. The general method of proce-dare followed by endeavour to bring pon all tenants to demand a reduction from landlords, Foreign and Chinese, with " threat at the same time to withhold rent already overdue nolos such reduction was granted.
The illegality and entire absence of fair dealing involved in such an attitude has already been publicly pointed out to those concerned, bat in spite of such cautions the work of the Baresn had so far succeeded as to nearly bring about fresh street disturbance on Mondsy, December 5, last. After receiving a decision by the Mixed Court upon their case i a very irregular manner a crowd of some 200 or 300 people led to endeavour to forcibly enter the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, bat solely owing to the intervention of the police were prevented from so doing. The action of this crowd it may be pointed out is in itself an illegal act, constituting riot.
Joy Murder—It la believed that inquiries by the Japanese anthorities have now resulted in the identificati e actual murderer of the Silk Filature coolie who was stabbed on
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