We dislike accusing the Chinese delegate to the International Labour Conference at Geneva of misleading the other delegates but when he told them that China had introduced an 8-hr. day for children and abolished night work for women, we regret to say he was romancing. It is true that about two years ago Peking announced the promulgation of new labour regulations white we remember rightly, these provisos. The full text hi never been published. The s™- enough to draw even reform in the mills a protest a tx impracticability and the regulations have never been enforced. The Ewo mills in Shanghai have as a purely voluntary effort limited the age and hours of child labour and have cut out night work for women, In most if not all Chinese nullls in China, conditions of labour are such as no. Western country. would tolerate for a moment. One hopes there may have been somebody at Geneva to contradict Mr. Hsiao's perversion of fact, but one fears there was not. ways seems intensely comical when, in strict accordance with practice, very indifferent interpreters struggle through their caricatures of translation, knowing that Mr. Kuan, serene and smiling above them, is better versed in both Chinese and English than ever they will be. Yui may not be so well known to all, it he is a very able substitute for his senior. He is a native of Chekiang and a descendant of a well-known official. He graduated with high distinctions at the Government University of Law. At one time he was the presiding judge of the Chinese Court in Nantao and 10 years ago was appointed a Magistrate of the International red Court. During his tenure of office he has proved to be a very capable judge, having displayed an erudite Knowledge of Law and in the administration of justice he has won for himself the respect of the public. Many decorations have been bestowed on him, amongst which may be mentioned the Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.