The Chinese Government shown themselves reasonably ready to. listen to well-argued repre. /sentations, in their postponement of the enforcement of the Factory Law until August 1, instead February 1, as at fist contemplated. The views of tac Chinese mill owners, as put before the Ministry, of Industries at Nanking, have: thus been sympathetically consider ed. Readers of the articles and comment which have appeared in the columns. of this journal will understand that this period of six months grace is in reality, inadequale to create conditions for the proper enforcement of the Law. 'This view will have been reinforced by study of the discussion which took place on Friday eveaing at the Chinese Y..C.A. Forum, where Various experts expressed' very definite opinions on the subject. Nevertheless, this period, shoul tised in trying to. find' a way, in which all Municipal authorities could help to apply the law later.
ix months give little enough time for the formulation of a sys. tem; the authorities conce should not on that acount favour inaction.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.