Proposed Introduction of an Athitration Bill Tokyo, Aug. 19.
Compulsory publication of the cause of any dispute, with a public hearing by properly appointed representatives of each side, assisted by officials and press representatives, is the plan proposed under the terms of a suggested Arbitration Bill for the settlement of labour quarrels.
Hitherto such disputes have been solved by an appeal to the police authorities and to the Courts, but it is now suggested that a more satisfactory method would be to make the whole matter publicly Known, and let the public judge and decide' the merits of the case.
Tt is stated that this Act will be proposed for legislation in the coming Session of the Diet.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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