From a study of those demands presented by the workers, it will be Seen that most disputes in April arose from the dismissal of employees and from their demand for higher wages, 'The Chinese authorities have. lately taken particular pains to explain to factory owners that it' will not be of benefit to them to discharge workers without sufficiently strong: reasons, and it is to be hoped that conflicts over di tmissals will decrease in frequence in the nearest future, As regards the question of wages, the Department of Agriculare, Labour and Commerce of the Chi thunicipality has been carrying fon a "wage investigation of factory Tabourers. in Shanghai", with the purpose of gathering data for the Compilation of a monthly wa ex which, needless to say, will be fof great help as a basis for arbitra ating future wage di No sabotage or violence on the part of workers was noted dunt the strikes that happened last month, except at the outbreak of the riesha coolie strike in Woosung and Paoshan districts where minor disturbances did occur.
The longest period of strike in April was 17 days, as against 27 in March. The shortest strike Insted only. three hours.
With the exception of two strikes, the settlement of which is still pending, the rest were settled with Tittle serious difficulty, the fact showing that neither the employers nor the employees were in such mood og to render settlement, either by arbitration or direct negotiation, impossible,
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