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Lis... to you 8 July.
I have the honour to forward to you a copy of a letter from Mrs. Haslewood regarding Cases of alleged child slavery in Hongkong.
12.
(Signed) I. C. CLEMENS
HONG KONG
58040
Code: Child Slavery
1920
25 Nov.
Previous Paper.
...out REC C.O 580425
REA 26/20
that statement coined by Co., contains an explanation. I request certain inaccuracies be corrected.
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| $9948 | Vir. Oculo Sic & Fiddes |
Reply that the S. of S. was not aware that the letters by Mrs. Haslewood published in all the papers were identical. Point out that though there is no express mention of ill-treatment or cruelty, there is clearly the implication of cruelty and ill-treatment since she describes this system of domestic service as a "hideous stain", speaks of the need for affording "protection to these unfortunate little girls" and says that "it would have been thought that the Br. members of the Leg. Ccl. together with the whole Br. community would have unanimously risen in protest against the whole infamous system as it now stands" but that they had not done so. At the end of the letter she speaks of the "true sordid and shameful facts of the case".
Say the S. of S. cannot understand how such language could be taken otherwise than as implying ill-treatment and cruelty, nor how annoyance could fail to have been caused to the ...
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HON KONG
58040
Cod: Child Slavery
1920
25 nov.
previons Paper.
foute out
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C.O
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REA 26/20
that statement coined by Co., continer
an explanation. I requests
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157770
Aplones In Conf
subsequent Paper
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Reply that the S. of S. was not aware that the letters by Mrs. Haslewood published in all the papers were identical. Point out that though there is no express mention of ill-treatment or cruelty, there is clearly the implication of cruelty and ill- treatment since she describes this system of domestic service as a "hideous stain", speaks of the need for affording "protection to these unfortunate little girls" and says that "it would have been thought that the Br. members of the Leg. Ocl. together with the whole Br. community would have unanimously risen in protest against the whole infamous system as it now At the end stands" but that they had not done so. of the letter she speaks of the "true sordid and shame-j
ful facts of the case".
Bay the S. of S. cannot understand how such language could be taken otherwise than as implying ill-treatment and cruelty, nor how annoyance could fail to have been caused to the
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