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FLOUR RIOTS IN
TIENTSIN; HOSES
TURNED ON CROWDS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Tientsin, To-day. LOOTING OCCURRED yesterday owing to the soar- ing prices of flour resulting from the Sino-Japan- ese hostilities.
A crowd attacked flour trucks passing through the Italian Concession but Italian marines and fire- men prevented looting by turning water hoses on the crowd.
in
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BY JAPAN
The rising prices are largely due to the depreciation of local currency resulting from a slump due to heavy purchases of flour abroad with the view
the to alleviate
shortage North China.
Previously flour. imports were counter-balanced by exports from North China. Nowadays these ports are refused owing to the exchange control regulations, increased exports towards Yen bloc countries, embar- goes
dificulties in obtaining
Havas. goods from the interior.
and
Driven To Desperation
cx-
Tientsin, To-day. Driven to desperation by the high cost of flour, which is now quoted at $20 more per bag, and also by the high
poor cost of other foodstuffs, Chinese staged a food rlot in the na- tive city yesterday morning.
It is learned that a lorry carrying flour was attacked by a mob in the Italian Concession.
The mob was driven off by police with the assistance of firemen, who played a hose on the looters.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Washington, To-day. Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, declared that the State De- partment has not yet received the Japanese reply to the American representations three weeks ago regarding the bombing of the Yunnan railway-Havas.
UKRAINIAN TRAGEDY
London, To-day,
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a
According to French cast in Polish, the German authorities have handed over to the Soviet The food situation, especially as re- number of Ukrainian nationalist lead- with the Soviet- gards flour, rice and sugar, is rapidly ers, in accordance deteriorating, with prices soaring. German agreement. The Chinese are the biggest sufferers as flour and rice form their principal | members dict. Reuter.
NEW HIGH PRICE LEVEL
Peiping, To-day. - The price of flour hit a new high level of $20 a bag yester- day compared with $12, which was the official price at the end of last year.
The rise was due to the Importation of large stocks of foodstuffs Into North food China to relieve the serious shortage which is still causing acute suffering by the Chinese population.
flour The majority of the
comes from abroad and had to be paid for in foreign currency, and this caused à sudden drop in the value of Federal Reserve banknotes, and consequently higher prices for foodstuffs.
Rice is now priced at over $100 a
The bag.
situation is further meat aggravated by the shortage of locally-Reuter.
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THE ANZAC CONVOY Istanbul, To-day. Referring to the arrival of Anzac troops in the Middle East, the news- paper "Cumhuriyet" says: that the Anzac troops travelled thousand miles without loss proves the complete naval supremacy of Britain." -Reuter.
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