Unemployment in Tokyo is.on the i and the authorities fear that the situation will, grow worse onstead of better.as the-vari fs to be held here this autumn. It is expected that some of the most] brilliant scientists and technicians of the world will be present, the response to the invitations being very gratifying. The British de-Tegation is an extremely strong one, Jconsisting. of between 25 and 40 noted scientists and engineers, siter is "learned that about 89
Papers will be read by the Brit delegation, including contributions Ly leading scientific societies and any prominent experts, Among. the latter are Sir Alexander Gibb, chemical and civil engineer, and Si Tobert A. Hanfield, inventor of manganese steel and a former Professor of the Tokyo Imperial University. Mr. Ernest Tench, forme in all probability, head the Britis delegation and he will ko supported by Mr. Richard Allen, formerly President of the Mechanical Engineering Institute of Great Britain, and Mr. James L. Gill, of the Standard Telephone Company, Altogether, about 1,000 scientific rapers are expected to be read and the total number of foreign dele-getes will be about 500. ight Work for Women Abolished Night work for women and minors in Japanese factories came to an end from July 1, but this boon to Japanese labour' has not been received with the—gratification ginally expected. On the ce tary, workers seem to fear that it wi ead to a reduction of the bay-envelope of the f Coincident with the abolition of work, but not connected with labour troubles have occurred in various parts of Tokyo and the vicinity, No.less than seven big Jeoncerns have been affected, these including the Oki Electric Work the "Asano Dockyard and the Yoko-ama and Yokosuka municipalities. 'A. practical cessation of work pre-ails in all the laces, though no st oF lock-out has yet been de-nitoly declared. In all cases, the workers are agitating for better living conditions, while a new de-roand, hitherto not put forward by Japanese labour, is that they be compensation for lost through the annual mobilization of reserves,
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