PEACE CONFERENCE

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16799, 1 April 1919, Page 8

PEACE CONFERENCE

•preparations eor signature, ' A Vf <r^i^''nn(] N - z: Ca,!),c • ~ iiTOsiS' '". ' V 'W. abv nrp being yinuk at.the If ill I j fltCWiW , Pi , s"'flfc''Ver4nilli's with a View? to-" the. aignA'tVfl'c of peace tkt the ' oiul "«f Ai>ril.' ' /s'r.,/; ~" ' '" ENEMY-CRIMEA COMmWkW. The Kiieniy JOHitics Commission has completed its tinnl iVoorl for .milmiis-l-aion to the Conference. . Tllti JiAUOrn COMMISSION. h is learned Unit the Japanese subscribe 'generally to the term's of the Ij«bpjU\ .Conuiiissioii: . f »vith, ,:vfiserytitioiisi on. jtirtr -questions of' child .labour and tin- right of association among women. The Japanese do not desire to see in Japan ; a combination of* workmen of tho various industries,-' with, it concbiuitnu't of agitation and unrest. '-.;';' THE KIEL CANAL. "' ' '■' COPENHAGEN. M.areh 20. ■' . 'J'lle British Ambassador announces • that it lias been decided to intcrnation.nlisetlio Kiel Canal. ' . Troops will occupy both'/sides. IRELAND./ JT NEW YORK, March 29. The Paris correspondent of tho "New York Times" states that -Irish independence under tho United States as' mandatory lias been discussed in the

Council.' One British f-tatc=man fa Tours iho plan. COMPLAINTS AT DELAYS ( t , , , . - PAItIS, March" 29. The American delegates are dissatisfied with tho continual abandonment of positions on the question of reparation and other prdbloms before the Premiers' Conference. They -allege that little'progress lias been-made during the entire Meek. " ' THE LABOUR COMMISSION. IMPORTANT BMCOMMIiNDATIONS. United Scw:«;. # ' PARIS, Mai eh 28. The Labour Commission has made highly important and unanimous recommendations for the insertion of tho lolln'wing clause in tlio Peace- Treaty:The High Contracting Parti';; declare their acceptance of the following principles: They engage to take all Necessary steps to secure the realisation, in accordance with the. International, La'bour' Conference's recommendationconcerning their practical applicata»tions:— (1) That tho labour of human beings should ' not be treated as merchandisa or an article of .commerce.. (2) Employers and -workers should be alldwed tho right of association for all lawful purposes. (3) No child should bo permitted to bo employed m an industry -or commerce before the. age of fourteen. ' Tn order that the child may secure, reasonable opportunities for mental nnd physical education, young persons of either sex between the ages of fourteen nnd eighteen may be employed only at work which is not harmful to their physical development, and conditional continuation of technical and general education is ensured.

| (4)" Every workei . , 1M th<j v ™K« adequate to-maintain a°ieason'•'ble standard of lif,-. haring „, to Jho dv.lisation of his ti.no and conntry. - (5) Equal pay should be given women f :>nd men for WO rk of equal value, in l quantity and quaUy. (5) A fuh day v-kiv'reM i,„.-i„j - i,.« Sunday or its equ4lc< Ctl > v. rirkers. (7) Honi-b of work a h o uld bs limited on a oasis of s -fc, hours per day> or j lojij-eight .hours per „cek, subject to exceptions nlie.-e , climatic conditions nnd imperfect development of industrial organisation or sp?c a I circumstances ' rendsr woikc:*' ciiieienccy substantially different. 3 (8) In all jnathMs concrninv; status as 'to workers and tho social standing ] of foreign workmen, lawfully admitted "_ to the country, they and their families should be insured the same treatment a.s nationals. » • (9) All States should institute a systern of inspection, in which women should partake, in order to ensure the enforcement oFlawp and regulations for • the- workers' protection. j. ( The Commission has finished its draft for the.Convention under Which 1 the Labour section of the League of l " Nations is- ./nteiided to work. This Convention will not- be dealt -with., until * the preliminary Peac3 is settled. The Commission recommends that an 1 International Labour Conference should bo held at Washington in October, ' 1919, and that an. organising comm'.t----1 tee of seven membsrs should be ap--1 pointed. » FURTHER PARTICULARS. I I Details of the. Convention drawn np by the Peace Conference Labour Com-

mission t| lO , v . that t|, c . Convention ■ makes provision lor old agi aniT accident pem'ens, establishes two- International Labour ofiiww, and a general Conference composed of four representatives of each I'owr, of v.iioni two «'ill be. Government delegates and one ertck representing the employers*, and employees! It will meet at least once yearly. The delegates may be accompanied by two advisers, of whom ou'o must be a woman when women's questions are discussed.

A Labour • oiJk-e will be. established at the seat of tho League of Nations as pan ol the Loagtie'-s 01 utilisation, i itli ,11. imduj oveimug ood\ ot t«ont\ Join itunib'iSj -with .1 peim.ineat dncrtoi mil -,tvH ol di[*e l eiit n.itioi nlitie-, ol vlioiii a piopoition miiib be women. The office w.l'l collect ami dishibute inioimatioii md publish a louinil punted m unous language, J he ( on\ < lition p) ovides that an International Comt ol Just ce sJiall, vlieie 1 p ccssai-\ enloice 'r-e Conferences';, decisions.

Dominions, sel 11-governingI 1 -governing colonics and India aie gne'i status as high con ti acting pait es The Government" agiee to applv the Convention to. the Colonies* except uhcie local conditions leqmio modulations. ' A piotoral piovUes that the governing bodj '-hall coinpnse t«eb'e Government, s x employ cs' and sik employees' icpieseiitatives of whom tvvothuds vwll lepicsent the eiglii; prinupal lndnstual Poweis, one thud repiesentmg the othoi Povvcis. The Donun'ons aie not entitled to «epaiatc lepicsentation on thy governing; body.

Piovision is made to deal vv.th contracting nations failing to fulfil flic Convent on's demands