'A special visit to the Yih Garden, Kiangwan, was paid by the American [Consul General, Mr. B.S. Cunning ham, on Tuesday (May morning, accompanied by Dr. Anne Walter Fearn, Vice-Presient, and Mr. K. 1 Wang, Secret-jary, "of the National Child Welfare Association of China, Dr. F. C. Yen. JSuperintendent of the Red Cross JGeneral Hospital and other distin guished guests. Part of this garden. which contains an area of 80 mow, Jand is owned by Mr. Yeh Tve-ching, Jde. has been assigned as a site for ihe erection of a Child Welfare Sanijtarium by the Executive Committee Jot the N.C.W.A. in memory of the fate Mrs. Cunningham, who was one of the mast active committee members fon their Board. observance of International Labour Day, some 20,000 workers of various jocal leading industrial concerns suspended work on Tuesday (May 1), half of the number being in the employ of concerns in the Settlement.
'Approximately 150 representatives of the various labour unions attended commemoration meeting held under the auspices of the General Labour Union at its offices, 117 Foh 'Yeu Road, Nantao, in the morning! After the' usual Kuomintang ceremonies, speeches dwelling on the significance of International Labour Day were given.
Mr. Chu. Hsueh-fan, an executive member, who presided, made brief report on the history of the day. He said the Chicago labourers, in an effort to better the treatment to labourers, "Inunched a movement fon October,"7, 1886. Their fight for the three "eight-hours" system di not meet with success until May 1 the following year. While advocate ing the strict enforcement of the system, Mr. Chu advised the labour~ ers to ce-operate with the employers and increase the power of production.
Military Training The Labour Union also issued a circular to the workers, advising} them to emulate the workers in Europe and America by resisting] the oppression of capitalists, _encouraging them to work harder in order to increase China's industrial production, and lastly reminding them of the national crisis since the outbreak of the Mukden Incident and advising them to undergo military training.
Tt was also made known that day that the Union had decided to apply to the Central Executive Committee] of the Kuomintang for permission fo establish a Military Training] Section in the Union so as to enable all labourers to receive military {raining during their leisure hours.
Police authorities took precautionary measures against possible disturbances by reactionary elements Nothing untoward happened during the day.
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