THE SOCIAL EVIL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 199, 11 May 1918, Page 2

THE SOCIAL EVIL

Sir,-U is unfortunate that your correspondent; tho Jtloiii .Sec. N.J4. Neofeniinist Association; should, have chosen this moment to express her views ot "houses of ill-fame," and in view of the fact ti'uat thu ivclburn easy is still subjudiee that sou should havo pubiisnod it. OhviousiVj the letter was inspired by the Kelburifraid, this event, in fact, Doing, used as an introduction- Such procedure is utterly unjustified, as it is still to lie proved that the house was one- of ill-fame. 1 mako no comment o>l the subject matter of the letter in question; but protest that tho publication of it at this "juncture is inopportune and ill.— timed; and might very conceivably in-, tlueuco thu pttDiic mind against the accused women, two of whom, it must L» borne in mind, have already been acquitted. Here, I may be permitted to draw attention to the case of these two young ladies. They were subjected to the indignities of arrest and search; incarcerated in gaol from Saturday night till Monday morning, dragged through tho mire of public scandal for over a weeK, ilud forced to undergo the ordeal of trial in a Police Court. At the end of all this they aro calmly told they aro discharged, as the police have failed to prove Uicy aro not respectable. I think we might find a more enlightened way to deal with "suspects," particularly female "suspects."—l am, olc, EASY BEE. [The letter referred to by our correspondent did not touch in any way on the facts in the Kelburn raid case, nor did it in any way tend to prejudico the case of tho accused women. It dealt only with the general question of sexual vice, and from tho point of view of women.]