The City Chamber of Commerce has requested the Shanghai Mayor to place police on patrol duty, both on land and on the river to protect the rice boats. It is stated that more than 60 vessels are now lying in the Huangpu while others are coming and if no protection is afforded, the! merchants are afraid that looting will take place.
A number of Chinese gentlemen. realizing that trouble will begin should the strike be prolonged, have proposed that a bureau be established especially for the purpose of selling rice to: the poor people. This, they believe, will receive support from practically everybody excepting the leaders of the present strike. It is rather premature to predict what the result of the scheme wil] be.
There was none of the first class vice for stale on Monday, all the stocks having been sold out. The most inferior grain was selling at $12 a picul, but it is understood that the stocks of even this are indeed very low.
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