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LIVELY DEBATE.
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its diplomatic rights and, under jeg
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1926,
A UNIQUE "GOVERNMENT.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, renly ing, sald the Soviet Government is something standing in a class A series of strikes by Chinose the cloak of friendship, tostab by Itself. It resembles the Govern women werkers in Shanghai dar us in back. There would be no ment of no other country and it is Ing last week, culminating Ina Communist party in England worth. two-hours direct action movement the name, if it were not suckled by not easy to maintain relations at the Japan-China Cotton Mill on Soviet shekels. How long, he with it. It is impossible to say Friday afternoon, has revealed the asked, is this going to last that the relations which it main- remarkable development of labourur. Lloyd George, Liberal leader, tains with other countries are union organization among women sald he Intervened in the debate as
a woman loader.
are
The
RICE "CORNER.”.
(Continued from Page 1).
and thus break the profiteor, who
local Chinese leaders, due to the utilized a period of inaction among
Chamber of Commerce elections,
to mako fortunes out of the
of the poor,
Not so long ago, Chinese women having been responsible for the either friendly or correct. It it pensive rice cannot be over-esti- The danger to Shanghai of ex- were almost cyphers in industrial trade agreement which was con- were a question of whether the mated. The average wage In reintions, but recent strikes have cluded in 1921. The question was trade agreement had been kept he shown that they are more capable not whether they approved of the would answer it had not. of running a strike and fighting.
Shanghai is now approximately 60. It to the and then are the men. Russlan Government, its principles Words in the trade agreement were cents a day. If the labourer works. During the past year labour or its methods but whether they clear and he understood them to all the time and at full time, his Silver & Electro-Plated agitators have concentrated on the were oing to cancel the trade be to the effect that each party maximum average wage is approxi- female side of the Industrial agreement that brought trade to should refrain from hostile action mately $18 a month. With rice at situation, and have met with as the extent of millions of pounds or undertaking against other and $17.50 a picul, there is an-im- tonishing suceous. There
to this country. He asked when from conducting outside Its old possible situation unless all mom- many labour unions now ambrac was there a Government in Russia borders any official propaganda bers of the family work. The Ing salely feminine membership, of which they could approve?" direct or indirect against Interests under the leadership of men. There is one union, the women silk The present Government was a of the British Empire or Republic theory is that a picuk of rice is Alature workers' union, which has terrible tyranny but it was only respectively. The agreement fur- sufficient for one month for five one terrible tranny which was anther stated that it understood that er's family is taken to be five per persone. As the average labour. Accepting the offer of three efficient substitute for the terrible the term "conducting official pro sons, it is easily seen that unless cents increase per day in their tyranny which was inefficient, cor- paganda" included the giving by three members of the family work, wages, 600 women from three silk rupt and treacherous. Refer either party of assistance of en- there is not sufficient to go round. flatures, who have been out ring to the correspondence between couragement to any propagands with rice at $12 a picul, a cer- Beveral days, resumed work on the British Communists and Soviet or conducted outside Its whole bortain relief is afforded. Salgon 19th inst. The Sung Sing cotton ganisations, which was pubished ders. It is perfectly clear to His rice ought to be purchasable on mill, Ward Road, remains closed Factory in Là Chaux-de.with nearly 2,000 employees out by the Government yesterday Mr. Majesty's Government and should the Shanghal market at $12 a picul
as a result of trouble among 200 Lloyd George said it was argued be perfectly clear to everybody at the present time. women, who ran amuck through that there was in this correspon-as it must be clear. to the Soviet the mill; smashing machinery for dence sufficient evidence for the authorities that they are not con breaking off of diplomatic relations forming to that definite engage- with Russia, on the ground that it ment of the trade agreement.". Another illustration of the spirit actuating 'local women was sending unlimited gold to
(Message incomplete.) workers was furnished at the overthrow our constitution. Japan-China" Cotton Mill, he pointed out that the complaint Japanese. concern, when 2,000 was made throughout this corres women struck work immediately pondence that the gold was very and held up the mill for two limited. hours on the 18th in order to obtain the dismissal of an un- popular forewoman who is report- ed to have reviled a child worker. From 9 until 11 a.m., the 2,000 women stood idle at their ma- chines, but eventually, they were induced to resume work, although the forewoman was not dismissed.
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But
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A remarkable two-seater fight-Company accepts $8 per picul as ing aeroplane has been built by the normal price for rice. William Beardmore & Co., Ltd., of ever the market price is above $8 Glasgow, for the Government of the Company allows each worker Commander Hilton Young (Con-Latvia. This machine was order in the factories the difference be servative) said the Government ed by its paper specification-an tween 38 and the market price on had an urgent duty to the people unusual. occurrence.
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Le Journal learns from Madrid that the Police have discovered vast political conspiracy, with
NOAH BEERY
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THE DECORATION OF PETTY OFFICER CHALMERS
In a comment in a recent issnes
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ramifications all over Spain, direct expressed at the absence of detall ed against the present regime, concerning the act which won for organised by advanced Liberale Petty Officer Chalmers, of H. ALS and Radicais,
Tarantula, the M. B. E. decorations
Ing.
Particulars have now been
It was to have started this over- Many persons have been arrested, Including a well-known divulged, The decoration was sculptor, the editor of a Madrid awarded because Petty Officer newspaper, and two Republican ex-Chalmers, under the heavy fre Dopaties, Prominent army officers from Shakee on June and a former Minister of War are courageously con also said to be involved from the Senior Naval Office
The Government ja master of censo fire.
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