During the May 20 inquiry, the Judges frequently asked witnesses what they meant by "students"—were they young men or merely children? At last the children ac~ tually have been dragged into the agitation in the industrial areas. Previously it had been reported that some of the juvenile workers had gone on strike and now, eoachby elder malcontents, some of them have formed a "secret society.'
'At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 juveniles employed in cotton mills the Western District gathered in house in Chapei, with a former employee of the' Nagai Wata Kaisha (now a well-known agitae for) their chairman, This worthy told the that hitherto the paid to the juvenile work-by labour organizers had not been sufficient. They should be anized immediately so that they would Lo able to support their adult fellow-workers and grow up with the desire "to set right the wrongs of their class."
Lest the children still should misunderstand the idea of the busi ness, the strike-maker set out in de.
it what it they wanted, oF what he wanted them to want, the list of demands being a fair copy any strike manifesto. After the children much eniasm decided to form the Young Workers EGigue, with the hope of they agreed that it should stot society, and with 'a jaunt of diffidence they The situation in the local mills has boon much easier over the weekend. The day shift in the Ews Cotton Mill, who stayed away from work last Friday, all have return and "have explained that they orly warted a holiday in order to] fitend the Sun Yat-sen Memorial. The night shift did not suspend work.
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