Rice Situation Six Chinese, not leaders of the Rice Trade, whose activities prior to pub-Neation of the oint Proclamation were considered unscrupulous and tended to inflate the price of rice, {were on the afternoon of December 14 summoned to Shanghai Municipal Police Headquarters, where, in the resenee 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 has replied to a letter from the Shanghai Rice Retail. Shops Association informing the Association that the Proclamation issued by the Council on December 10 is not directed against members of the Association in their legitimate business but against manipulators and profiteers, "The Police Department has ranged to afford rice shops protection to enable them to carry on. their business undisturbed.
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