t Coneiliatory Move Since November Strike St.. Louis, Jan. 17.
The. Ford Motor Company to-day made its first peace offer to the United Automobile Workers since the strike in November.
It was announced that the Company would establish a seniority employment list, including Union workers with the exception of men suspected of violence, and consent to a plant election to determine a collec-live bargaining agent.
In return, the Company asked the Union to call off strikes and withdraw its charges of unfair labour practices.—Reuter, A number of foolhardy Chinese, still intent on looting Japanese homes and shops, were caught red-handed by Japanese marines on Kwuanhsien Road and were taken off to headquarters. House-to-house _séarches are being made in the Tai-si-chen district near the wharves and those found in possession of loot will probably receive short shrift.
It is a pity that the request made to Admiral Shen by the British and the French Consuls in Tsingtao to refrain from destroying Japanese property was not heeded by the Mayor of Tsingtao, for the destruction, which was of little military value, has only tended to make the lot of the -local population a great deal more difficult, It is reported, however, that the Mayor was faced with the alternative of something happening to his family, which was in Hankow. and so had to carry out his orders, which are believed to have come from the Central Government, The Tsingtao foreign volunteers. who have now been disbanded and. were composed of Americans, Britons, Germans, Danes, Russians and others, are arranging to hold a reunion dance shortly, to be held in their recent headquarters, the German Club.
The Telegraph Office, now in Japanese hands, is again accepting messages for the north, repairs having been completed. It is understood that messages for the south will also be accepted shortly. All rates are charged in yen, and must be paid in that currency.
Eighty former local Japanese business men and consular officials returned to Tsingtao in the s. Chohei Maru and a further 65 in the s. Deiren Maru a few days ago.
They. included Mr. Ohtaka, former Consul-General; Mr. Takahashi, manager of the local light and power company; Messrs. Tsuruno and. Tagami, of the D.K-K., who are tem-real estate broker, ni the navy department; Mr. Yasuda, formerly a local jockey and now tem-
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