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the general body of workers if men are refused their old jobs unless they take lower wages. One of tho arguments used by this school of thought is that if a man earned, say. $30 before the strike then it Is an undue hardship to ask him
AUGUST 3, 1925.
DAY BY DAY.
FOR IN THE SAME DEGREE IN WHICH A MAN'S MIND IS NEARER TO FREEDOM FROM ALL PASSION, IN THE SAME DEGREE ALSO IS IT NEARER TO STRENGTH.-Marcus Antoninus,
BRITISH POLICY IN CHINA.
PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT.
CHINA SHIPPING.
INCREASING YEARLY.
That very asoful institution, the Bureau of Econoinic Information Wastminster, June 15.
has just published a table showing. The Socialist Party gave the the movement of foreign and Chinese rioters the gratuitous Chinese shipping in Chinese advertisement of exponding all waters in the quinquennial period Monday's stora of energy in 1920-4, and some of the figures insinuative inquiry as to the are both interesting and sugges of wrongs they have suffored and tive. The great rivalries, of inflicted. The aviable informa-courge, are those of the United tion, tapped by Mr. Trevelyan, States, Great Britain and Japan Mr. Lawson, and others, bubbled and bere the figures are sugges inexhaustibly from Mr. Samuel.
itivo. It will be recalled that
to support himself and family on The Education Board meets on $27 (10 per cent, reduction) or Wednesday. $25.50 (15 per cent: reduction, as
some employers are offering) be-To-day is the 47th birthday
King Haakon VII of Norway,
cause of the increased..cost of
living which the strike has brought H. M. 8. Hermes, the British about. The subsistence level, say aircraft carrier from Maltà, is the advocates of pre-strike wages, expected here next week. will be too severely reduced and
Amongst the passengers who departed by the President Taft were Mr. J. Pasquier. Mr. T. H. King and Mr. H. J. Eddo.
II.
the strike will leave behind it a real industrial grievance based on top, low seale of wages generally. The best procedure, according, to these people, is to pay the same Botanic Gardone during July to The rainfall registered at the
wages as before so that if there talled 2311 inches, the heaviest should be any demand for an fall being 10.38 inches on the 16th.
The primary cause of the riots, during the War period both he said, was general industrial Japan and the United States unrest of some months' standing made strong bid for part at least in the Japanese mills at Shang of the British share of the China. hai. The proximate cause was trade, and there were signs both the killing of a Chinese employee in the closing year of the War in the latter, after the murder of a and in those immediately follow.. Japanese mill manager. But the ing that this hold would be fairly immediate result was a joint and well maintained. "The following and étudents upon the police-figures from the Customs Returns murderous attack by workmen figures, taken from the Bureau's "Bulletin" and supplemented by station, which was also an armoury. The police had fired, for 1917, 1918 and 1919 shew to SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES Increase, the workers can be told,
after due warning, to save their what extent this is the case. The Volunteer Defence "Corps own lives and to prevent the Tonnage entering and leaving: with truthfulness, that their had an easy victory over the In- crowd seizing arms. There had Chinese ports:-1917 British worsened conditions are due entire-dians in their baseball match on been 21 Chinese killed and 65135,576,217, Japanese, 24,581,647, ty to their own foolishness...
Saturday, scoring 22 to 10. A wounded.. One foreigner had also American 1,125,155, 1918: British. feature of the game was that been wounded. "Any police?" ask 29,911,369, Japanese, 27,283,375, For our own part we are inclined three home runs were registered ed Mr. Lansbury sneeringly. "I American, 1,214,921. 1919: British to agree with the majority, that by Volunteers, the bittere being hope not," retorted Mr. Samuel 36,284,321, Japanese, 27,532,449, Dowker, Mackenzie and Stewart, in his best and shortest reply of American, 2,569,887, 1920: British some differentiation in wages
the day. "The whole trouble is 40,315,707, Japanese, 28,191,592, must be inade between the men
due to The cause of the big explosion children under 11," shouted Mr. tish, 42,326,445, Japanese, 31,738,- the employment of American, 4, 718,251, 1921: Bri- who went on strike and those who which woke up so many people Will Thorne, Subsequent ex-783, American, 4,510,901, 1922: did not. It would not be encourag- at about 2 a.m. yesterday was plosions from his colleagues re- British 47,698,437, Japanosa, 32,- ing loyalty if a non-striker found made plain enough yesterday duced the age to eight. Mr. Jack 961,333, American, 4,846,437, 1923: morning, says the North-China Jones already saw the hidden British, 51,965,230, Japanese, 33, ALVES-At Swatow, on 26th himself getting the same pay as a Daily News of July 22. Two Jon of capitalism. July, Amalia Augusta Rozario striker, even though the striker hundred
moving 288,617, American, 5,963,261, 1924: and forty 'Cases of tattleships to save the exploiters British, 55,715,925, Japanese, 34. Alves, of Swatow English School, had been made to forfeit his June gunpowder, weighing in all from the penalty of their crimes. 750,884, American, 6,350,589. aged 37. Deeply regretted.
about four and a quarter tons, Mr. Samuel wages. We favour some more or went off in the Kiangnan Arsonal deavoured to extinguish these would appear that whilst Grant patiently 31- Working out percentages it less reasonable. reduction, say for powder magazine, which lies on blazes with a stream of placid Britain has increased ber tonnage three or six months, returning the Pootung side of the river, volubility.
opposite Lunghua Fagoda, about labour conditions in the mills per cent. the United States have It was true that over the period 1917-24 by 13.5 workers to be told that if they give five miles from the centre of the wore deplorable judged by our increased theirs by 13.75 par good service and show, by their Shangbai Bund and one and standards, but they were better in cent. and Japan has increased willingness, that they bear no ill-true quarter miles from the the British Concession than hers by 12.5. Allowing some.
Kiangnan Areenal. Several lives anywhere will, then their wages will be are believed to have been lost. restored to pre-strike level after the probationary period decided upon. We feel sure that the Chinese It was a relief to learn on Do control over the laboured con- nations. At first sight this. workers would understand the
ditions in the Concessions, bad] looks as if the increases” wore It is not so much, a matter of justice of the
Saturday that there had been an secured the putting down of an running parallel, but the Ameri- treatment and
eleventh-hour settlement of the ameliorative regulation for dis-ean increase is from a very much principle as it is a question of realise, at the same time, that coal crisis, and that the stoppage cussion by the Shanghai Muni- lower initial figure than that of degree which is exercising the striking is a fool's game.
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cipal Council in April Thore Japan, whilst Japan'a inoreasa İs was to be averted.. The basis
had unhappily been no quorum, from a substantially lower figure the problem of the treatment to be
of the present agreement is that but the matter would have come than that of Great Britain, whilst
accorded
the men are to continue as before, before the Council on June 2 but on the other hand the former two returning workers.
A Timely Suggestion.
for the outbreak.
were in 1917-20 in the enjoyment with the same wages and condi- foreign
An excellent suggestion for
Mr. Looker, a resident of many of advantages over their com- of labour.
tions, until next spring. This years in China, came to Mr. petilor, advantages which are whether office er dealing with intimidators was demestic, are agreed that some made by "Old
covers the period, about nine sapuol's rescue with the state- now being evened up. Timer" in our
mont that the British mills did) Some of the minor figures ang months, that the commission of enfores, similar regulations of not without interest. It comes form of punishment should be issue of Saturday when he put
8 shook to meted out to strikers in order to in a plea for the revival of the quiry into the coal industry their own, and Sir William almost as
will be sitting. It means at Davison saw in the mattor the find Poland amongst the mari- convince them once and for all that practice of exposing prisoners in least nine months of peace not their destination unchallenged.
résult of "Red" letters reaching} time nations, but through they will inevitably lose by going the stocks. It is within the re-only as regards the miners,
her corridor to the sea, and her WORK OF AGITATORS. Free Port of Danzig, Poland is on strike in such a foolish way as collection of most of US that they did in June. The majority only a very few years ago this also, in view of the prevailing When Mr. Trevelyan raised the beginning to show her flag in the question of disturbances at Han- world's waters, and we find in tendency, as regards the bigger in-kow and Peking itself, the House 1923, 33 entrances and clearances. undoubtedly favour very strong form of punishment was in vogue dustrial unions as well. But what finally heard the immediate cause of Polish ships, with a tonnage of action, but there is a minority who for ordinary theft, quite a com-
does it mean for the coal industry of the whole series. The general 65,703, and in 1924, 44 entrances deel that nothing should be done mon sentence being six weeks' itself?.. Would we be justified in agitators, and the Chinese autho- Poland previous to 1923 not hav
unrest had been exploited by and clearances with '87,604 tons, which will tend to embitter the imprisonment with four hours*
hoping that some form of per-rities had entirely failed to coope-ing been listed, presumably be- Chinese workers 'against the foreign stocks in lieu of the last day.manent settlement will be arrived rate in taking timely measures to cause her total contribution did employers. We all seem to agree The offenders were usually ex-at, of advantage both to men and Hankow, where an attack on the Portuguese increase is notable deal with it. The situation at not justify saparate record. The on the principle of punishment but posed to public view outside the employers? As things go to-day, British Concession bas resulted also. In 1920 there were 556 en- differ regarding degree.
premises where the theft took
in 16 Chinese casualtier, and trances and clearances of Portu we fear that such would be sheer whither a British warship had guese ships, with 98,864 tons to There is little division of opinion place, with a board affixed to the optimism for the day of the Bri-heon dispatched, was still serious, their credit, which figure had in- over the question of withholding stocks setting forth in Chinese the tish coal industry seems to have that at Peking was not. This creased in 1924 to 2,912 entrances any pay which might have been nature of the offence committed passed, and there appear to be beg that every effort should be 1,046,046 tons. Is this to be brought up. Mr. MacDonald to and clearances with a tonnage of earned during June and which has and the zentence imposed. As no prospects of an improvement made to prevent the riots from taken as an omen that the become forfeited by those who want our correspondent remarked out before the end of the month. Saturday, it is not much punish-the price of coal is higher in con-
on Wages have, necessarily, gone up, developing into an international grast days of Portuguese mari-
conflict with China.
time enterprise are to come back Mr. Baldwin at once repeated again under the stimulus of It is held to be quite just to stop ment for a Chinese to be given a sequence, whilst competition his earnest assurances of last Republican institutione? · In 1921 that pay, and we agree. Further."rest cure" in gaol; something abroad has increased so largely week that ponce in China was the Germany again entered the re- there is unanimity regarding the more than that is needed if in that to sell our coal at really com-The root cause of the whole ances crad tod with 2,216 tons. chief objective of all our efforts, corde, with 4 entrances and clear- justice and wisdom of paying timidation is to be stopped. So petetive rates would not repay the trouble was the non-existence of and the year 1984 sees her forging nothing for the days the strikers far, it has not been necessary to owners. Not only have we lost strong Chinese Government she en gather ano le radiod with We must protect lives of 539 entrances and clearances and There has always put into force the full rigors of big markets abroad, but the foreigners both on the coast and 2,085,968 tone. been strong and general feeling the new regulation permitting majority of markets have shrunk inland." But the dispstob_of_Asis right and natural, Chineso against "strike pay" and there has flogging of intimidators, but in in any case owing to the increas foreign and Chinese invost shipping plays a great part, been no demand for it,
igators to Shanghai, whose in-Chinese shipping, as represented In the cases where the extreme punished use of oil fuel and petrol. quiry would, he believed, be quite by foreign-type vessele, made matter of refusing to take back ment is not considered necessary Only certain sources of demand harmonious, was ground for some 50,791 entrances and clearances strikers untess at reduced rates of some good might be done by are left, and these, do not absorb hope that the unrest might be in 1920, credited with 23,632,198 pay and with the forfeiture of adding to the imprisonment term a tithe of what mines in the Bri-the Treaty Powers to negotiato 44,806 entrances and clearances appeased and the way opened for tons; and in 1924 the figures read
accumulated bonuses, or gratuities, a few hours in the stocks. The tish Isles can produce. We were a stable settlement with China credited with 29,418,575 tone, an or with loss of certain annual in Chinese, as we all know, do not reading in Homo papers the other ali
tariff conference-a increase in tonnage of 12.6 per conference which, he trusted, cent. Cirinose junk entrances crements, there appears some relish "losing face," and it was day about some coal-mines where would lead to the formation of a and clearances, on the other hand; division of opinion. The majority that fact which was realized when it has been found. necessary to strong central Government in foll very considerably, from 84,586 of employers argue that it would some of the intimidators were re- close down owing to an accumula China capable of dealing with in 1920 to 49,945 in. 1924, whilst
such troubles itself.
tonnago fell from 4021,111.tong in be foolish for us to take back cently put on to work at the re-tion of thousands of tons at the
1920 to 3,869,788 in 1924. Ulearly workers at the same rates of pay fuse dumps. Even more effective pithends which cannot be sold ex- Wo understand that the French the foreign-type vessel is rapidly as formerly just as if nothing had still might be the exposing of cept at a loss. It would seem warship Jules Michelet is on her replacing the old junk, as the happened, and that a reduction in these mischief-makers in the that British coal, at present rates, way East to join the French flagiariokeha in many places is
ship Jules Ferry, now at Shang-ousting the sedandhair. pay (even if for six months) le stockea forma" of punishment is being mined in quantities in hai. necessary in order to administer a quite suited to the d offence, and one excess of the demand. When sufficiently stern lesson. Therenta which would merely be a reversion that happens to an industry its troller of Labour will be closed take place on September 4th, on The office of the Assistant Con- A concert has been arranged to
a-minority, however, who argue to a penalty which, as we say, was days as a big source of national from Wednesday- next, the 5th the Commodore's private tennis that it will be punishment enough until recently, inflicted for or employment are numbered; and inst, This refers to the Chinese court at HM Naval Yard, the wone Makanan section of the bureau, which has¦ proceeds of which will be devoted, the strikers are made to forfelt dinary stealing without violence it is apparently what has happen been under the able direction of entirely to the Ministering June, wages and receive no strike of any kind.
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