WHITE SLAVE TRADERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1068, 25 February 1913, Page 4

WHITE SLAVE TRADERS.

‘‘White slave traders” had a rousing in London as soon as the new Act came into force. “The moment —11,20 a.m. —the Royal Assent was given to the White Slave Bill in the House of Lords yesterday, reported the Daily Mail of 14th December, “the special force of Metropolitan Police who had been appointed by the Commissioner to deal-with the white slave traffic had a new and potent weapon in their hands. Until yesterday a warrant was necessary for the arrest of a supposed procurer. Under the new Act an officer, on reasonable suspicion, can arrest at sight. Yesterday there was a further exodus of foreign procurers and bullies. In London more than 50 per cent, of the procurers and bullies are foreigners. Many of them left by the mid day and night trains for l the Continent, while others, to avoid conviction, are seeking situations either as tailors or waiters. Seldom has an Act of Parliament had a salutary effect so immediate as in this case.” In the same issue of the paper a despatch from the Paris correspondent stated : “The prpeutors who have left London to escape flogging under the new Act ate apparently transferring their headquarters to Paris? M. Joseph Denals, one of the city deputies, has written to the Minister of the Interior, asking what measures he has taken to prevent the arrival of these undesirables.”