Meanwhile, trouble was averted at the Western Shanghai Area Special Police Force when an increase was granted to policemen, transferred to the new force from the Chinese police. It was reported that these
wages, basing their request on the ict that' the policemen, seconded by had asked for an increase the Shanghai Municipal Police, were receiving $165, while they were being paid only $35 per mensem.
The request was granted, although their pay has not been brought to the level of the S.M.P. constables. This may be explained by the fact that members of the S.M.P., trans-dorred to the W.S.AS.PF., are better trained than their colleagues.
It was reported yesterday that Chinese laundry workers and silver-Smiths had struck when their demands for better treatment and increases in living allowances were rejected by their employees.
"The deadlock at the Commercial Press continued yesterday, with no settlement in sight. It was said that the management had refused to increase the pay of their employees, adding that the company had been losing money for the past three years and that they were overstaffed.
It was reported yesterday that Chinese strikers may soon be joined by rissian employees of shops in the ench Concession and International Settlement. According to a report in a local Russian daily, the employees Gf Russian stores in' Shanghai have met on several occasions to discuss means of forcing their employers to iherease their pay. Although not threatening openly, ' the Russian workers, it is rumoured, will go to the extreme to gain their end.
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