It has been practically decided to raise the pay of the postal employees, The delivery-men will get fu increase of from $2 to 83 and the clerks from $5 to $50, The higher officials will not be paid in taels, One who used to get, for instance, 600. taels a month' will receive only $600 (Mex.), There is a persistent rumor here that the Shanghai postmen's strike had a political background. The incident was arranged, reported, to embarrass the Minister of Communications, Mr. Wang Po-chun, and it is said there is a strong movement going on in cer= tain circles against him—Reuter, The Local Position The local situation has resolved itself into one where each side is attempting to preserve "face," and in the interim the loyal workers who. stayed by the postal authorities in the time of stress are facing the disbandment of their union, or a forced' amalgamation with the lower grade employees whose organization went on strike In' the meantime, though they have assured the postal authority that they will not go out on strike they are considerably upset by the faction of the Kuomintang and ever action they are planning is being "kept very much "to theme ves.
Manocuyre by, Dissatisfied Kuo-
An echo of the inner workings of the recent postal strike is heard na report from Nanking to the North-China Daily... News!" that the, Nationalist Government. has received reliable information to the effect: that the rece walk-out of postal: employees and other troubles in Shanghai of a similar nature, were caused by local Kuomintang members, owing to petty Jealousies over positions, with a view to embarrassing Nanking.
It is reported that on from Nanking, Gener Shih-hui, Defence Commissioner of hanghai convened pecial meeting Tuesday of the local Kuomintang at which government delegates were present, with the object of taking measures the meddling members,
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