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to explain to you, as I explained to them,
what opinion I hold on the subject, and
to give you instructions as to the
course which you should adopt.
4.
I do not propose to discuss the
moral aspect of the question. To do so
would serve no useful purpose. There
are certain existing facts and conditions
and with them I will now proceed to deal
with a view to the adoption of practi-
cal measures.
5.
These facts and conditions are as
follows:
The Contagious Diseases Acts were
repealed in this country in deference
to a strong expression of public opinion.
Whether that opinion was well or ill
founded, judicious or the reverse,
1 is
unnecessary now to enquire.
The fact
remains that the Acts were repealed, and
that similar laws in the Crown Colonies and
India