Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-16
FRENCH aIR||l||N|
Chinese LABOR
FROM An ECONOMIC POINT
OF VIEW.
SOCIAL QUESTION NOT "
GIVEN CONSIDERATION
Importation 81 tsasstiais May Give
Rise TO Serious. Problem At Close Of
War; ris1tsis Under Three Years
Contract Is Fill Places Of Frsneh-
man Who Have Gone 70 the Front.

ECorrespondence Of Associated Press.l
Paris, May is. The experiment made
in France with Chinese labor to replace
men Withdrawn from factory and farm
worh by the war has been SO helpful
from an economic point OF view as to
incite an extension Of the experiment.
The senate army committee has re-
ported favorably upon a proposition to
employ labor from Francfs Chinese
colonies 1t AMMAN. Cochin-China and
Tonkin. in all industries working for
the government and in the fields wher-
ever farm help is needed. Fifty thou
sand AM antics altogether are either
at work ii, France or waiting in French
ports to be sent to destination, or on
che way.
The senate committee proposes to
bring 100, 600 more Chinese. The North
African colony of Algeria and the pro-
tectorates of Tunis and Morocco, as 1t
Is pointed out by Henry Berenger, 3
leading member Of ths army commit
tee. are able to furnish 100000 Ber-
berg and Kabylfe workmen. while 3d.
900 at least could be drawn from NADIA
gascar. With the 100000 colonial sol
diers Incorporated III the French army
since August, 1914, these 2s0000 work
! men would bring up to $50, 900 the-num-
Der Of Chinese Arabs, Berbers and
Kabylies brought to France by the war.
~ Social Question May Arise.
The social consequences of This heavy.
Importation Of Chinese labor have not
apparently preoccupied either the
members of the committee OF the army
that has been studying the question or
the general public. The 10000 Chinese.
whose utilization Is already provided
for, come to France under a contract
for three years, which stipulates that
after the war Is over these oriental
workmen may be employed In any 9TH
er colonial possession outside OF France.
This is the only feature of the expert
ment suggesting apprehension that, az
ter the war 10 over, and the necessity
! for the substitution of imported labor
has. passed. . social question may arise
requiring the deportation Of the colon
4 ial labor. rt
In order to facilitate the execution OF
their work by the Annamite labor. e.
special Franco-Chinese school Is be-
/ Ing founded under the. direction Of
M1psieur Aualard. professor in the
faculty Of letters at the Sorbonne, on
plans furnished by ,Messrs. Tasi Yuan
Pei. former minister of public INSTRUCT
ton in ALnGm. and ii Yn Ying, an en-
gineer from AMMAN, who have chosen
I q score Of Anamites from the contin-
gent already arrived to serve as in
terprcters and instructors.
Chinese studying Frsnet. NJ
The school has been established I'm
the Rue Bonaparte In Paris and since
the beginning OF the month OF April
the Chinese have been working hard at
the learning OF French. particularly
sufficient mathematics TO keep the
simplest accounts. Their progress is
said to be prodfgious. and It is thought
that two months will suffice for the
qNfckest pupils to acquire a sufficient
knowledge Of elementary French to
teach their compatriots al they need
to know.