In the course of recent troubles the silk filatures, the picturesque personality of Mrs, Moh Tz-ying has been heard of more than ones. One heard of the workers refusing, to strike in spite of Mrs. Moh's instructions. From other quarters, i iwas reported that she was an aggressive, forceful individual, raled the labourers with an from hand and required them to pay tribute!
For some days a reporter of the
been seeking for Mrs. Moh in Chapel and Nantao and although he has come across her trail at various intervals, he has not hed the good fortune of personally meeting, the lady, who is apparently in hiding! after her recent adventure with the Chinese police, But in the course of the search, he has heard many tale about this labour leader.
By all accounts, Mrs, Moh is not a labour leader at all, She seems {to have appeared on the scenes some [years ago as a social worker, according to labourites, who was. ployed by some of the silk filature proprietors th keep conditions smooth in the features. Now, anyone who [knows industries in Shanghai, points with pride to. the excellent social conditions of the foreiga-owned mills [and factories and by way of contrast tries to take his friend to a. sil nature to show him how very horrible a Chinese employer of labour jean make conditions for his wor era. According to Mrs, Mol enemies, one of her jobs was to keep the silk' workers, mostly women and children, satisfied with those conditions, so that there would be need for the expense of improve-tents. How well she succeeded is evident by the fact that, during the May 20 troubles; the silk features kept to work, even when the strike assumed an economic phase andthe labourers left Chinese mills an! factories. 'Those Who do not like Mrs. Moh, and our reporter has not been able' to find her to listen to her side of the story, say that she occasionally kicked up a secret row {na filature so that when she set ted. the trouble, the employers would know how very necessary she was to their peace of mind, Of course, provocation does not always work and the recent troubles which led to Mrs. Mob's arrest the Chinese police, finished her jeareer with the labourers, who now insist upon dealing with their em-players "without her mediation. One fof the curious facts in the case is hat the security for her was put up by an employer, which clearly identifies her relationships.
This account of Mrs. Moh published tg identify the Indy, 90 that if ever again she oppe public, no-one will accuse being nefarious Inbour leader, but will recognize her as rightfully to hailed of the category of social workers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.