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· Mong Daily Press.. Inarch. b. 1919.. Leading Artvide.
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The practice of buying and selling Jemale seaduster children into mestic sewitude and worse, undabledly prevails in this Colony, although
It maybe that' ill·licat'm escl
4 Megal in China bought persons is a
is a punishable offence, and that it is questimable hiller in Dong Kong the owner is entitled to the custody of a child quired by purchase, but the Jack remains that the law on the Subject is a dead letter. No attempt is made to chuch the traffic and no steps are taken 1's ascertain how suce children are treated
Thina mail. Nov. 9. 1919.
· Since the establishment
Letto l'oPress.
gthe
Chinese Republic all ite Chinese- imals and male alike - arc considered as free persons of equal social "Glialius. No "poussion" is admitted, therique, purchase and sale 7 human brings is not recognized by law, and cases have been honoure When
magistraties punished parents for selling their children, and Facidic that the purchasers should forget their purclass moruy
In
Jormer times, Children used 15 be hidnapped in Strong long and trought is the interior of thina tobe
happening, Why? China now
sold, but now the contrary, is
he sale of humano
Arvids he sale
here in the markest overt.-
"rrings, whist we can sell them
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