0.
"The Case of Lt.-Commander HASLEWOOD.
H
549
Mr Chamberlain says !
Mrs Hasleweed was conducting her campaign "in terms
which gave much annoyance to the Chinese community."
Mre Hasleweed's campaign was a letter in the Press.
She wrote of mui taai as "a hideous stain" on the name
of England. - Far from outraging the Chinese community,
this letter brought her the congratulations and assist-
ance of many enlightened Chinese.-
The Anti-Mui Tsai Society in Hong-Kong, composed
chiefly of Chinese, has eleven Chinese on its Committee,
well-known and respected people, two of them Doctors ̧-
The Governor may have been influenced by Mr Lau Chu
Pak, till recently an unofficial member of the Legisla
tive Council.- Will Mr Chamberlain inquire how many
child-slaves figured in this gentleman's household, and
how many concubines, if any, shared his domestic life?
The fact that Chinese in China proper are putting
down child-slavery is a sufficient answer to the rather
cowardly suggestion of Sir R. Stubbs that he was protect-
lag the Chinese against the "campaign" of an English lady.
In the interests of justice will Er Chamberlain call
for the first letter on this subject, addressed by Sir
R. Stubbe to the Commodore, Captain V. Gurner, early in
November 1919, and shown by Captain Gurner to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Alexander Duff ↑
The first sentence of Wils letter will show the atti-
tude of the Governor towarde ara HaslowoDĀ
-
:
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.