London, June 29.
A Parliamentary Paper respecting Inbour conditions in China has been. issued.
Tt originates from a request by the Miaistry of Labour to the Foreign Office in March fast year and is based on the report of Sir Ronald MacLean, The latter on June 2, 19%, described the suggestion thst British mill-owners were largely responsible for the unsatisfactory conditions in Chinese factories as baseless. Numerous Consuls" ports are published. Reference is Vinade to' the development of trade *junionism in China and the opinion expressed that conditions appear to be very much better in foreign ie tories than in Chinese concerns.
renditions in some places, notably Nanking, bear comparison with those in' European factories, but there are, says the report, unnecessarily bad conditions in afew pi es, particularly Tientsin and Mukden.
The correspondence concluded with, fa letter from the Foreign Office the Consul-General, Mtr. Barton, at Shanghai dated June 10, acknow Tedging from the Acting Consul-General, Mr. Pratt, of April 30 reporting efforts for further introduetion by the Shanghai Municipal Council of legislation on the lines: Jot the recommend contained in the Child Labour Commission Tam, ete
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