Although Col. Yen Chun-yang has} ordered reinforcements to be sent] to Pootung to deal with the women rioters who, for the past three days, have been creating a reign of terror for rice shop proprietors in that} Place, the rice riots have not appre-dibly "subsided. The riots continued unabated yesterday.
About 9 a.m. some 200 women ambled at Shikwookai and proceeded to the Ting Tai rice shop. They were in the act of looting the! place, and in fact had taken about, before they were dis party of police, Another} crowd of about 300 wanton appeared about 2 p.m. at Sanpahdoo and robbed the Yuan Tai rice shop of about four picule of rice, They! were likewise dispersed by the police. Several of the rice shops near by closed their doors until the women left the vicinity.
At 3 pin, on Wednesday a crowd' of 800 enraged women gathered at Sunkalung, Pootung, and proceeded to the home of one of the local gentry named Sun An-wan and demanded that their grievances heard. number plate tax ed and special rice depots should be established. On not receiving an answer to their demands the women commenced to throw stones the windows and doors until dispersed by the police. According to' reports in the Chinese press, several of the wonien were yrounded by the soldiers' bayonets.
Chinese press reports further state that a cheap rice depot will start functioning in Pootung and that} it has succeeded in getting from the bureau 100 piculs of the staple.
Tae newly elected committee of the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce will assume office this week, some 15 members having already accepted _positions. The election of the Chairman for the next three years will take place in the near future.
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