Nanking, Mar, 1.
The Convention governing enforced or compulsory labour, which was adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1030, failed to receive ratification of the Legislative Yuan at {tg meeting this morning.
Ratification was deferred Yuan on the ground that several articles contained in the Convention do not ft present conditions in China, particularly in view of the recent Kovernment decision on conscript labour.
While agreeing with the purpose of the Convention, which alms at the abolition of compulsory labour, the Yuan session was of the opinion that several clauses as regards to age limit, physical qualifications, payment cof wages, sanitary facilities und other requirements, cannot be "entirely enforced in Chinn—Central Nowa.
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