To Both Sides The Greater Shanghai Municipal Government has issued a proclamation prohibiting recour or lock-outs, pending th of capital-labour disputes by mediation. The proclamation also prohibits demonstrations or other forms of agitation likely to disturb peace and order.
'The proclamation begins deploring the fact that since the Sino-Japanese hostilities of January 28, there has been a steady increase in' friction between capital and Inbour. While owing to the difference in their points of view, disputes between capital and labour Fannot, altorether be avoided, there have been latterly," however, re-of labour" demonstra-"object law is however still in force and it ig imperatively neces-to maintain peace and order.
in order to maintain order and to prevent undesirable elements from taking advantage of the situation to. create disturbances, this Municipal Government hereby tion and to ce-operate with other. Even disputes should arise, they must apply first to the competent Government organ for mediation. Before the submission of a dispute for mediation or during the pendency of a dispute under mediation, both sides should refrain from resorting either to strikes or lock-outs," the proclamation states. Kuo Min.
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