No fewer than 59 mill strikers and agitators who took part in the recent Japanese mill affair appeared before Mr. Tagima (Japanese Asjsessor) and Magistrate Loh at the Mixed Court on Tuesday.
Mr. Maitland, who appeared for the prosecution, said that in all the leases which were to appear before the Court it was clear that the trouble was due to Communist propaganda which would certainly be apparent in the ease of the three newspapers which were being pro-secured. Itavas only fair to mention this now as it would show how some of these people had been led astray.
Mr. Covey appeared' for the employees of the Doong Shing" mill, Yue Foong mill, the Feng Dien rill, the Japan China Ca' mill, the Naigai Wata Kaisha mill and the Dah Kong mill.
He called the attention of the [Court to the fact that these workers, Thad been in prison for two or three weeks and' that they had a tance or else they would not have come to him on February 25. [Counsel said that he had had oceasto make several visits to the Chamber of Commerce where he met Mr. Okada. Their proposals as far as he could gather were very! similar to those which he was asked {to put before Mr. Okada and the Chamber of Commerce and an agri iment was reached on the 28th, after! Wwhick the labourers retuned to work. With the exception, df the cases now pending ants two others the labourers were" fairly
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