Six Chinese, not leaders of the Rice Trade, whose activities prior to Publication of the joint Proclamation, were considered unscrupulous and tended to inflate the price of rice, were on Thursday afternoon summoned to Shanghai Municipal Police Headquarters, where, in the presence of a representative of the French Police, they were given a severe warning. All six undertook not to engage again in such activities.
The Municipal Council hus replied to a letter from the Shanghai Rice Retail Shops' Association informing the Association that the Proclamation issued by the Council last Sunday is not directed against members of the Association in their legitimate business but against manipulators and (Continued on page 8, col. 3)
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