History of Myanmar's labour movement (47/505)

This post presents page 47 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

Vocabulary:

အလွန်အမင်း ။ unduly, excessively
ဆိုးရွား ။ very bad
ပြတ်သား ။ distinct, lucid, be succinct, decisive,
ဆုတ်ယုတ် ။ decrease, degenerate
ကြားနေ ။ neutral,
အကြောင်းပြု ။ base on; act or speak with reference to someone or sth
အချောင်သမား ။ opportunist
လွှမ်းမိုး ။ to influence, overwhelm
ခြယ်လှယ် ။ to manipulate
ခေါ်ဝေါ် ။ to name, be called
သမုတ် ။ to to name, designate

Translation:

[it was also the most powerful] federation of labour unions. In that, about a year after forming that federation the First World War started and expanded from European battles and so the work of the federation could not be done well. Although branches were opened at the communication bureaus of Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, the workers' situation in the war was excessively bad in all matters and so there were problems for the soldiers at the front line.

At one time, in the federation as [there was] a group of workers who opposed the war, while there was division [among workers supporting] the military victory of their separate counties, there was intense conflict between workers opposed to the war and workers supporting the war. Among the subaltern working mass, while the majority of forces opposed the war, due to the lack of clear leadership the federation degenerated. In that situation, although the federation's congress was held in 1917 in Stockholm, since just enough neutral forces attended it was not successful. After the First World War, regarding the works of the Conference of the Peace Treaty of Versailles, [and] regarding the ability to include and consider the general problems of labour issues, federation congresses were held in February 1919 in Bern and in July in Amsterdam, and 61 representatives representing over 17 million workers from a total of 14 countries attended and participated. Starting from that time, as representatives could be sent to attend the International Labour Organisation (ILO) under the League of Nations, the influence of the federation's leadership became active again. At the final occasion, the Amsterdam federation was called the Yellow international, which the reformist opportunists influenced and manipulated. In 1922 that federation joined with the Bern Federation, and those two federations [were called] the Labour and Socialist International.