CO129-532-5 Mui Tsai system- resolutions and correspondence with private individuals 23-7-1931 - 18-12-1931 — Page 42

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LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION,

42

15, Grosvenor Crescent,

London, S. W.1.

7th August, 1931.

Sir,

I am directed by the Executive Committe of the

League of Nations Union to forward to you the following

resolution which was adopted at a recent meeting of the

Committee:-

"The Executive Committee of the League of

Nations Union wishes to express its

appreciation of the recent stens taken by His Majesty's Government and by the Governor of Hong-Kong to deal with the evils of the Mui Tsai system in that colony, and welcomes particularly the proposal to appoint an inspector especially for Mui Tsai. The Executive Committee trusts that the vigilance of His Majesty's Government in this connection will not be relaxed. "

I have, etc.,

(sa.) D.H. Mills.

Acting Secretary.

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M. P.,

The Foreign Office,

Downing Street,

S.W.1.