Japan has just decided to establish' five commercial museums—in China, New legislative measures usual importance went into effect Jon the first of this month... Unquest-Hionably the most important of these, especially for labour, is the can lation of Article 17 of the Peace Freservation Act. The change will have the effect of virtually legalize ing collective movements and agitation of a peaceful character by the labouring class, The Factory Law enacted years ago, but held in abeyance because of opposition by the employer class, Went into effect with the new Mining Law and the Labour Age Law, all of which are intended to benefit the working people. The Health Insurance Law and the Labour Dispute Arbitration Law also became operative at the same time, one 0 minimize the effect of accidents or il ness for the working people, and the other to avoid as far og " possible waste of, energy, money and time, both for capital and ial The last but not the least important innovation is the abolition of the "Gun" or County Offices, accompanied by changes in laws governing] municipal and prefectural elections. [The elimination' of the County system is calculated greatly to simplify the working of local self-governing bodies. The Government regards these changes asa. long leap of advance in promoting the Political education of the country:
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