TRAFFIC IN CHILDREN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 4

TRAFFIC IN CHILDREN.

Lw.v;tMamly in - Southern'. Italy; there is a brisk J/-. •■■. ifcraffic.in tho deportation ot childion.of tender . : yoairs and; of .both-. Soses to one or other; of . the'. ■ /- Preach teaporb on tho Mediterranean; .tho- ! i-:.: ,iit(J6 Tietio3 being sold bytheir parents, to.' : R, s.deitreTYho.at'the port cfdebarkation, .sell ;'-; i: theia >in- .turn .to .this -or .< \that ,"impresario',' ; .v)koiU • (ifonerally ;an organ- grinder or':a . < v-s.vTenßor of statnettes and stneco ware) thoy male v."si/f: the,tour,of the European capitals, Continental tmd 'Bntish. '/riieir fatS, comments -the lfcaly -~i i cortespoildcnt 'of the;."Lanoet," is ;a»j)athetit ■ ■rtvv• i: one,land to;&meliorato!fit, - ;or .hettcr- still; 'to- ■: ;?.k : , provent vits befalling them; ! a society - has been . t--:.'V.v.corij»nisedj .under, '.tha.'.apgis? of- tho. Italian rem-- ; c.,\ .;baßsy>»t>Paris. to rescue the'little, unfortunates ; ;.j -. i and: check the . traffic at jit? source;.; liYomitime l )t0;tinl0 the most harrowing details of tho brutal :--jCv-tToatment to which-the children are.subjected. 1 -■--.find • their. :*«•:.into the- Police: Conrts. They ■ ;ate,:ill-fnl ana<iill-clothed, vawl aro; mercilessly ;. ' ooaten irhsn they fail>to brin| back to their cruel !v ! ..taskmasters the- oxpected coins;. .One remedy i'-.t av : to; this - cryimj- abuse ..tho travelling ■ public can if-Mii. contribute,, and :that:is tho: withholding of all : J | almsgiving on tho streets f