Foreign News: Trouble Ahead?

May 1 is Labor Day even in Japan.

The Tokyo police announced that Labor demonstrations would not be permitted this year "because it will interfere with the traffic."

Laborites were annoyed. They instituted negotiations with the police with a view to getting the ban removed, but if they are unsuccessful they will, according to one laborite, "do it anyway."

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