New Britain herald., 1925-06-03
Two More Killed Ant Many Wounded A. Police Open Fire On Rioting Students.
American Volunteer Corps Takes Precautions to Prevent Recurrence of Snipers' Activities.

Shanghai, June (AP).-shangha was an armed camp today. Two outbreaks this morning caused po- lice to open fire, resulting in the death of two persons and the injury of many others. Banks were closed, store fronts were boarded, food was being rationed out by shopkeepers, hotels and stores were searched for arms while troops of several nations attempted to restore order after series of uprisings started last Sat urday by Chinese students protest ing against the prosecution of strikers in Japanese owned spinning mills here.
 Chinese students withdrew mo- mentarily from their crusade against foreign rule this afternoon and retired to their area of the city to bury with confucian ceremonies several of their confederate dead,
 who fell in the riots.
 After the funeral service stu
 dent speakers In the Chinese section sounded changed note. They urged
 the throngs to avoid clashes with
 foreign defenders, pointing out the
 folly of inviting certain death by attacking, empty handed. armed
 foreigners.
 As an alternative the speakers
 counseled united action in spread
 ing the strike and ceasing inter-
 course with foreigners and blocking
 the delivery of food supplies of
 every character, thereby driving out , their opponents.
 |. Efforts to extend the strike have been systematized and considerable cash has been expended. Every . foreign employed Chinese Is being circularized and canvassed to strike. Where possible. pressure has been
 brought by threats involving fam :; flies. Rain betan falling late today. ]. Americans Search Stores
 Members of the American volun- teer corps today took precautions to
 prevent a recurrence of sniper fire which yesterday hit Dr. Thomas G. McMartin and killed his horse. while
 he was on duty with the volunteer corps. The Americans today searched two leading department stores, Wingons and Sincers, both of , which have hotels connected with the mercantile establishments. It was feared snipers searching for , points of vantage might occupy the upper stories of the hotels. Only [ one revolver was found in an empty
 room, however. The junior Chinese | constabulary was relieved of its weapons today.
 One of today's outbreaks was an . attack by a Chinese mob upon g
 Japanese-owned ice works. Police = guards fired killing one and wound s ing five of the Chinese.
 r The riots attacked several street s cars and injured 8 number of wom-
 en. Attacks on individual foreigners ]. continue.
 - The anti-foreign strike was
 spreading to all foreign owned mills. = and strikers were also beginning ac-
 tivities in the Chinese city and }. suburbs.
 }. Four platoons of British sailors
 and marines were landed and as }. many more were expected tomorrow, 0 Many students from other Chinese
 cities were arriving, presumably in ., sympathy with the Shanghai stu
 dents. l., Women Organize
 Upon request of the controller of
 voluntary services, the British Wom-
 ems association issued a call today e to women of all nationalities to e serve in any capacity and employers r. requiring women assistants were mo- y tified of this step.
 r. Another feminine enterprise was
 headed by Irene Cordially Kuhn, New = York newspaper woman, and Miss
 Viola Smith. formerly of San Fran.
 cisco. assistant United States trade commissioner. These women ! through the American Women'' club, are organizing a women's aux. - Hilary defense corps, offering tho r services of the unit in any capacity . including chauffeurs and nurses. Tho a American women plan to establish Ie immediately motor csnteen servtc, n supplying coffee and food 10 tn, IT forces on duty.
 f. Two women will be assigned q,
 each truck with one male guard 0. The women will serve two three t. hour shifts daily.
 h Strikes have crippled two morning re newspaper plants, the China Pres l. and the Shanghai Times, while th' l- only other morning paper, the Eng
 lish-owned North China Daily New ly retains its printers with some diff es culty. The Shanghai Mercury, al d. evening paper. is confronted with [ ns strike also. The only paper entirell ed unaffected in the evening field is in
 Evening News. edited by an Ameri
 can.
 - The food situation Is acute, Shop a are already rationing customers per nd hitting only limited purchases Q of canned goods. The Chinese regarl e. the situation as serious and consd is- erable tension exists in the foreigl
 community.
 NO A note by the Chinese foreign of do flee. protesting against the actiri' ire of foreign troops at Shanghai hs ,e- -
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