Interviewed yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. Okada, general manager for the Shanghai W. K. organization, said his company were powerless to do anything, as their employees hat al heft them because of matters entirely disassociated from their work. They had presented no demands, seemed otherwise quite contented, and were paid the highest wages inthe cotton industry in the vicinity The Com /pany had kept the mills open, ready for work should their employees attend. The few who had reported on Friday were paid 20 per cent of their wages and were sent away.
The whole matter has taken a decided turn for the worse, not s9 Jmuch in the number of strikers or number of mills closed, but in the! Jgeneral attitude of Chinese toward the question.
The Shanghai Labour
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