The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-07-13
CHINESE WORKERS
Lose MANY PLACES
DUE TO LACK OF Cash
BY HARRY L. ROGERS,
International News Service Staff Cor
RESPONDENT.

respondent.
Washington, July 13-TheSe are
sorry days for Government employees
of China. Not only are they in con-
slant danger of losing their jobs en-
tirely, as one faction rises, smites its
opponent and looks with envious eyes
upon Picking, but they run a very sub
stantial risk of not being paid even
if they remain in the service.
Out of tweIty-three departments of
government there are only four, the
employees which have their salaries
paid up to date, according to advices
reaching here from Picking. A table
which has just been made public in
the Chinese capital shows that some
government workers have received no
pay for nearly two years, while others
have been compelled to resort to
strikes in order to obtain their
money.
The general staff heads the list with
back salaries unpaid for more than
twenty-five months, employees of the
Ministry and Marine have not been
paid for six months, and those in the
Ministry of War are five months in
arrears.
The most annoying feature of the
situe ton, from the Governments
point of view, is that the workers go
on strike with great frequency in at
tempts to enforce payment of what is
due them. While the Government
occasionally is able to persuade its
employees to go back to work upon
partial payment of salaries due, in a
MAJ OIL cases these payments are
so small as to convince the worker
he has little chance of catching up.
For the most part the employees re-
turn to their desks. satisfied if they
there is little chance of lettering
their condition
Situation is Bad.
The situation, according to the re-
ist~y of education, where teachers
periodically go on strike for several
months at a time in an effort to COLI
lect their back pay. Soldiers and
police especially the latter seem TO
fare considerab bly, better than the aver
age government worker, for exper-
fence has shown that when they are
not paid they take matters into their
own hands, footing houses. shops and
even pillaging whole cities when
there appears to be no other con-
veaient method of making up the
deficit. Consequently the Govern
ment has found it advisable to keep
this class of employe contented, even
at the expense of other classes of
workers.
The statement of arrehrages in the
various departments follow:
The General Staff. twenty-five
months; Ministry of the Navy. six
paid up to date; Aeronautical De-
partment, three months; Police De-
partment, two months for officers and
one month for men; Ministry of Edu-
cation, seven iIlOHli4S' lOI oiiICidIS anu
2 1-2 months for teachers; Ministry
of FINANCE, three months; Ministry of
War, five months for counselors;
Ministry of Agriculture and Com
merce, three months; Bureau of
Economic Investigation, five months;
Cabinet officers, three months; Minis
try of Communica tons. one month;
Salt Administration, up to date; Adj
ministrat tive Court. six months; Bur-
eau of Monaghan and Tibetan At
fairs, seven months; Customs Admin
istration. up to date; Audit Depart
nent, three months; Supreme Court,
three months; Ministry of Justice,
three months, and the Kin Han Rail-
way Administration one month.