LABOUR MAN HAS TIFF WITH ITALY’S DELEGATE

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17865, 5 June 1926, Page 27 (Supplement)

LABOUR MAN HAS TIFF WITH ITALY’S DELEGATE

COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION SEES PASSAGE-AT-ARMS.

By Telegraph.—Tress Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. GENEVA, June 4. In the addendum to the proceedings of the Committee on Emigration, publisbed in final form, there appears a sharp passage between the Italian delegate and Mr Beasley and the chairman. It appears that the Italian delegate stated that Italy could not adhere to ' a convention which would involve ! abandoning her rights of inspection of 1 immigrants in favour of an unorgan- ; ised system of inspection, and he pro* i posed an additional form of words calI culated to obviate the necessity of ! making inspection compulsory, but simplifying the present methods. Mr Beasley is reported to have said that the conference had to face the Italian amendment in a candid manner, as the delegation was either putting it forward to wreck the whole scheme or else had a motive known only to their own Government. Whatever idea was behind their measures, workers must view the proposal with grave suspicion, because of the forms of organisation prevailing in that country The chairman, intervening said that each member of a Labour organisation inside its own frontiers set up what forms of organisation it considered suitable, and he must protest strongly against Mr Beasley’s insinuations.. His remarks were much to be regretted. Professor Guannini thanked the chairman for his protest. He would have carried the matter further but for the effective intervention of the chairman. The conference considered the objections lodged against the Fascist workers’ delegate and the Indian employers’ representative, who, after a vote, were unanimously admitted as accredited. Late to-day the convention on emigration was discussed and many amendments were submitted. It is very doubt- | ful whether the conference will accept | the final drafts as a convention or make recommendations only. The conference rejected the eighth clause dealing with the simplification of the inspection of emigrants.