Show ON BRITISH SHIPS growing preference for chin chinese e se seamen over britons for service under red ensign one of the principal grievances complained of by the union we believe to la the alleged growing preference of ship owners for asiatic seamen particularly chinese seamen to british seamen for service under tho the red ensign the recent declaration by winston wenston churchill home secretary la Is to the following pertinent effect with regard to tho the alleged dumping of chinese labor on oil british ships the figures show that the number of british seamen employed in the british mercantile marine ls steadily increasing while the number of lascala Las caja and of all kinds was stationary in 1905 there were persons employed of whom were british and were lascars lascara and tn in 1908 there were british and lamears lascars and an increase of nearly british seamen in four years yeara it she should uld be remembered that a very largo large proportion of lascars lascara and employed were natives of indi and british subjects Shan shanghai times |