Tokyo, Aug. 1.
We have just passed through a mall strike here and have seen pital emerge with fags fying while Labour went back to labouring at the same old stand and on the same old terms. The Shibaara Iron Works in Tokyo is a somewhat important concern controlled. by the House of Mitsui which represents Capital in Japan—capital spelt with a capital. The Silbaura fron Works management decided to discharge 18 men and did so. upon some 2,500 workmen det reinstatement of the discharged men and, meeting a firm refusal, they struck. The Company made no offers and the men made a bold front. They were joined by some hundreds of their fellows at the branch works at Tsurumi, some 15 near Yokohama. This strike bad all the modern accompaniments including picketing and demonstrations, during which the anthem of the' Internationale, translated into Japanese, was sung. There were also clashes with the Police; the whole thing lasted about 10 days and collapsed. There was compromise and the 18 men stay discharged unless the Mitsui have were on their families. While the strike was on the leaders received encouraging cables from Moscow, a somewhat significant fact in the problem.'
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