Situation Summarized by M. Leon Jouhaux Geneva, Oct. 27.
"Opium and Labour" is the title of 'a report submitted by MIN. Leon Jouhaux, representative of the French Workers! League, and discussed by the Governing Body of the Interna ional Labour Office yesterday.
Of the eight points listed in the report, several were concerned with the opium smoking habits of immigrant Chinese labourers in. foreign countries and colonial territory, such as Burma the Straits Settiemenis, the Federated Malay States, British North Borneo, Siam, Indo-China, Hongkong, Macao, Formosa, the Kwangtung Leased Territory, and the Philippine The eight points summarized in M. Jouhaux's report were as follows:
In the countries and colonies. listed above, investigation shows that' opium smoking is most widespread among im= Iigrant Chinese labourers, fu chines, But as stra conditions Working the existence of exploitation of opium smoking bahtts. in the Workers, "Considerable. {iliei. opium smoking ts In evidence in the Centre of Loduing Mouses for workers in Hong kon. ly appear to be In force either am action on the part of the thorities to. detect or prevent opiam 'oF m_connectlon with
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