Sept. 11, apprehension exists the recent "go movement in the local Post JOMtice, that it is desirable for the public to be apprised of further facts in connection with the trouble, which throw a most interesting light on the whole matter, and Imay serve to change some opinions which appear to be held in not Jcompletely well-informed quarters. In the first place it is necessary to Jcorrect an impression, probably aristing from mistranslation, that this journal had expressed the opinion that the postal servants had been.unfairly treated. That this was never contended in these columns is Jevident from a statement appearing in the leading article. on the subject of Friday last to the fol-Towing effect:
""Malcontents who endeavour to wield the strike weapon in s0 essential a service at the post office, for the purpose of imposing heir'will upon those controlling Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of the questions involved, are. sorting to a practice which cannot be excused and should be dealt with accordingly."
[As was pointed out in the article in question it is a notorious fact that, since the strike of 1932, there has "been unrest amongst the em-Jployces of the post office, and their behaviour last week is indicative lof how far they were prepared to Jgo in order to gain their own ends. The important fact to be remem-bored in this last outbreak, is that the postal workers sought to be represented at the Postal Confer-Jence at Nanking. It was in effect Jo demand that they, the servants of the system, should' be allowed to Jdiscuss with those officials. who after all are representatives of their employers, exactly how the post office was to be conducted, Jand to assist in arriving at con-Jclusions on questions of high policy Jwhich could be no concern of the (Continued on page 381.)
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.