TROUBLE IN TOKYO.
j INCREASED LIVING COSTS. ADVENT OF SOCIALISM. TOKYO, August 22. Rising prices and scarcity of houses are causing widespread discontent, especially among tho middl« > classes, and serious outbreaks arc feared. The policedispersed mass meetings of teachers in several towns when protesting .-.gainst j inadequate salaries. A newly formed j Salaried Men's Union in Tokyo demands that profits, exclusive of bank interest lon capital, shall be equally divided bc!tween employers and workers. Newspapers warn the Government of preparations for the advent of Socialism due to the enormous increases in the cost of rice and cotton cloth.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 5
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102TROUBLE IN TOKYO. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 5
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