In the Yih Ping Shang Hotel last Friday Mr. Sterwood Eddy was entertained to a dinner arranged by the Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A, About 250 guests were present, representing all the Christian forces of the community, both foreign and Chinese, and Dr. David Yui was in the chair.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Eddy spoke on the 'Christian Church and the Industrial Problem." Everywhere, he said, he found society facing the problems left in the wake of the war—the problems of international relationships, of race and' of industrial unrest. He traced the prevalence of strikes at the present time in country after country. He quoted the case of Mr. Rowntree, the great chocolate manufacturer of England, who had gone far in meeting industrial difficulties in his own. factories on the basis of a living wage, fair hours of work, provision against unemployment, consulting the workers as to their working conditions and providing for them a, fair share of the profits. From onereonal observation Mr. Raddy attributed a desire to solve industrial diffcultics in this suint ty the leading employers of Great Britain Mr. Eddv_ mentioned that since comme to China he had visited many factories and gave instances of a working day of 15 hours, and a seven days week, and this for children and under conditions which would not be tolerated in the West. From one match factory visited. as many as 70 employees were being sent to hospital daily suffering from "ohossy jaw" and other injuries. He asked the audience to help to carry into effect the industrial standard passed by the National Christian Conference of China last May. He charged the leaders of the Church in China to apply the principles of Christianity in their fulness as meaning not only individual salvation but the remedying of unlust conditions as well." When the Church cared sufficiently the problems of child labour and similar injustices in China would be removed.
Sevex men, convicted of taking part in armed robberies in the Settlement. were executed at Lunyzhua. at noon en Monday,
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