Tokio, Aug. 25.
Japan's three delegates to the fourth International Labour Conference at Geneva, sailed from Kobe to-day by the Katori Maru, for Marseilles. They are Yoshitaro Yaashita, representing the capitalists of Japan; Giho Tazawa, supposed to be representing labour and Hitoshi Doke, the neutral representative of the Government.
Mr, Doke, who boarded the Steamer at Yokohama, almost prectpitated a strike before the vessel left the dock. There was a delay in sailing, due to engine trouble, but which the neutral delegat> believed to be to spite him and a demonstration of unfriendliness on the part of the engine room crew He clambered down into the engine 100m and provoked a violent quarrel, resulting in his ejectment by the angry mechanics and stokers, A real strike was threatened' if ihe labour delegate should board the ship at Kobe, but this was not carried out, partly beowuse of the representations made by the shipvuwners and partly because plenty el police nevered around during the stay of the liner ab Kobe, ready to anag away any too obstreperous sailors or engineers.
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