INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
THE JAPANESE REPRESEN'riTIYES.
Washington, November (i. At the International Labour Conference, M. Maartens (Belgium) read a slate; ment reproaching the methods used bv Japan iii selecting her Labour representatives, and also the Government's refusal to allow the workers to form unions. Japan had already violated tho provisions of the Peace Treaty, providing for (he right of fieo association.—Aus.-Jf.Z. Cable Assn.
[Mr. Masumoto, the representative of Labour at the- International Labour Conference, had .great difficulty in avoiding a large crowd of hostile "workmen assembled at Yokohama to prevent his departure. Mr. Masumoto succeeded in evading the crowd, and was rushed by an electric launch aboard a steamer bound for tho United. States.] '"
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 38, 8 November 1919, Page 7
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