Telegraph:
50 CITIZENRY, CHURTON, LONDON.
Telephone:
VICTORIA 6065.
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The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
(in which are incorporated the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and the Aborigines Protection Society.)
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HON. SECRETARY:
Travers Buxton, M. A.
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY:
John H. Harris.
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DENISON HOUSE,
296, VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD,
LONDON, S.W. 1.
(CLOSE TO VICTORIA STATIONS.)
The Rt. Hon. Lord Passfield,
23rd July, 1931,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
S.W.1.
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My Lord,
We beg leave to draw your attention to the fact
that the question of Slavery automatically comes up before
the Assembly of the League of Nations this year, and to ask
whether it is proposed to forward to the League the White
Book Cmd. 3424, entitled "Papers Relative to the Mui Tsai
Question".
We beg leave also to call your Lordship's attention
to the following question and answer in the House of Commons
on the 16th July 1930:-
Mr. PHILIP OLIVER asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that this country is under an obligation to forward to the League of Nations such information as may be available to date upon slavery in all its forms, he is prepared to submit to the League of Nations the White Paper No. 3424, in which the difficulty is emphasised of dealing with the mui tsai system in Hong Kong so long as the buying and selling of slaves is practised in the neighbouring provinces of China?
Mr. A. HENDERSON: Yes, Sir. I am quite prepared to do so.
We understand that it was only due to an oversight
that this White Paper was not forwarded last year, and as it
shows the difficulties which confront the Hong Kong Government
by reason of the prevalence of this system in China, our
Committee would greatly appreciate being informed whether