ECHO OF PUTUMAYO.
HORRIFYING STORIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. ENGLISH TRAVELLER'S CHARGES. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyrlclit (Roc. November 25, 0.20 a.m.) London, November 24. The Anti-Slavery Society lias forwarded to tile Foreign Oflice the depositions of an ]inglish traveller in the Doniacre regions in South America, alleging horrors surpassing thoso of tho Putumayo rubber plantations scandals. He declares that a system of peonage exists more cniol than slavery. Tho flogging of women and murders of Indian rubber workers aro common, and British subjects and British capital aro deeply involved. In connection with tho charges Mr. Denoukred, who was involved in tho Casement reports on J'utumayo, and who is now operating in Deniacre, invites a Government inquiry.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1915, 25 November 1913, Page 7
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115ECHO OF PUTUMAYO. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1915, 25 November 1913, Page 7
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