Explained Geneva, June 11:
In the course of a discussion of the non-ratification of the Washington Eight-hour Convention at the Labour Conference to-day, " Mr. Wolf, the British Government delegate, declared that his Government honestly believed that a revision of the convention would be the true solution to the difficulty.
He stated that the British Gov-never had challenged and never would challenge the principles underlying the convention, Mr. Wolf then made a formal declaration of the British policy, which was to the effect that it desires, as a means of ensuring. progress, to define the principles laid down at the Washington Conference in a more precise manner, thus laying a basis of uniformity and attaining international action, which is practicable.
On May 28 the International La-hour Office, by 12 votes to 11, jected the British Government's proposal for the revision of the Eight Hours Convention adepted at the conference of the International La-hour Organization held at Washington in 1919.
The proposal was supported by' the British employers' delegate and by Canada and Germany, the latter with a reservation. It was opposed
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