U. C. to Maintain Affiliation with Red International Melbourne, July 20.
On a snap-vote after a heated iseussion, the Trade Union Con-fores to-day by a large majority Passed a resolution in favour of preserving the afflation of the Australian Council of Trade Units with the Secretariat, of the Pan-Pacific Conference; the Red International and other foreign bodies. Thus one of the most far-reaching questions on the agenda has resulted in a decisive victory for the Rei Ryan, of New South Wales, made 'a report to the Congress concerning his recent visit to the Pan-Pacific Conference at Shanghai and the Red International Congress at Mos~ cow, He said that along the whole length of the coast of China the warlike preparations by Britain, France, America and Italy were evidence that capitalists were fighting for the possession of China, vadded that the danger of war was very great, Ryan declared that the idea of getting in touch with the workers of countries bordering on the Pacific was to prevent a capitalistic war and to help to improve the status of workers, Garden, of New South Wales, moved a resolution—endorsing affiliation. He expressed the opinion that the workers of the countries bordering the Pacific should unite to combat the danger of a war in the Pacific and to essist the workers of the more backward countries to improve their position, The Conference also passed a resolution in favour of the forma tion of a federal body to control industrial disputes—Reuter,
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