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JUVENILE COURTS. RUSSIA'S HORDE OF

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

Beaching the ur.animous conclu sion that Juvenile Courts, toga- ther with the attendant, institutions and officers necessary to enable thom to function fully and satts. factorily, fre long overdue, the Committee appointed to consider

RUNAWAYS,

DESERTERS FROM FIVE YEAR PLAN,”

NOT AUTOMATA.".

Riga-At the South railway sta- tion in Moscow, where evercrowded trains daily arrive from the Uk föret

this question makes extensive eraine, the Caucasus and the Fral, commendations, including the ap- pointment of women J. P's to as. sist the magistrates,

there stands a small building, on whose sign-board it is stated: Voluntary registration of Flyers and their gratuitous dispatch homp.

If, at the same station," Jou should buy one of the Soviet gews

The Committee comprised the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfo (Chair man), Mr. R. E. Lindsell, Mr. R. AC North, Mr. T. Hazleriggs Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Mr. M. K Lo Misp R Rains, and Father papers, you will find scores of re- D. Hourigan, Its report will be ports, all of the following purport: laid before the Legislative CounFlyers undermining the Five Year dil to-day.

Plan Away with the flyers to the concentration campal 'E

Separate Courts.. The creation of asparate Courts.

In Soviet Russo a nickname is for juveniles is urged, but in namuch as funds are not available. quickly given to every new thing. to build new Courts at the pre-Flyers are workmen attached Bent time, the Committee advocates the uso of the police gymnasium at Police Headquarters na a suitable Court, for juvenile offenders" in Vistoria, with a portion thereof adapted as a Probation Officers'

room.

The Magistrato's room at Kaw loon is suggested" as

a suitable Juvenile Court for the peninsula. The Committee considers that the number of delinquents does not call for daily sittings of the Courts, which should be held three times a week in Hong Kong and twice a week in Kowloon. The District Officers should be anle to deal with the few casca in the New Territories. M

Dealing with the composition of the Courts, the Committee recom- mends that the "Stipendiary Ma- gistrates in Hong Kong and Kow loon should be assisted by two Justices of the Peace, one of whom may be a woman.

by contract to factories and milia for five years, and who have run away because they were unable to endure the pace and character of the work at these factories..

These flyers, whose number, according to official data, already exceeds 100,000 form an army of Peregrinating and discontented fugi- tives, seriously menacing the fulfil ment. of the Five Year Plan.

Their answer to the question why they have left their work at the factory is almost invariably. the

Game:

"

We are not automata." Starvation Preferred.

The life of those “Dyers” unen- viable. It is similar to the life of those parentless children who over, "Our recommendation involveran Russia after the revolution. the appointment of women Justi- The flyers" sleep anywhere, often ces of the Peace, which appoint- monta will of course necessitate in the open air; they are famish departure from the existing pras. tice of appointing males only as Justices of the Peace, and is a matter for the Government. But wo respectfully submit that such departure is in accordance with the modern tendency towards the removal of sex disqualifiention, and that it is highly desirable in the interests of juveniles.”

der Special Police. Stating that in the handling of young offenders the polico play an important part, tho

GANDHI'S ENGLISH WOMAN DISCIPLE.

TWO COUSINS ON THE STAGE IN LONDON.

AN ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER.

I have had an interesting talk with two relatives" of Mina Made- leis Slade, the English woman die ciple of Mr. Gandhi, who is now necompanying him to London, writes a London correspondent

Misa Slade, who has adopted tho Indian nato Mirabei, is the daugh tor of the late Admiral Sir Ed mund Slade. She has sister in India, who is wife of n Civil ser Vant. Lady Sinde, her mother, died recently,

She also has two cousins" who are actresses on the London stage, and are both rehearsing in new plays. They are the daughters" of the late Lieut-General Sir Frede riek Slade

Lady Slade, another relative, is the widow of the late General Sir John Stade, and has a house in Lowndes Street, S.W.

Rehearsal First,

Miss Marie Slade, who is rehear sing for Grand Hotel at the Adelphia Theatre, told me that she would be too busy to meet her cousin on her arrival with Mr. Gandhi. Discussing her, she said:

It is many years since I have een Madeleine. I know her in London in her earlier days. She first went out to India with her inther when he had his command at Bombay,

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"Madeleine" always had at sort of crush for first one thing and then another. She was a charming girl, very good-looking, and had her. share of admiration. She took up things violently and would drop them or suddenly

Sho was vory reserved not girl one felt one knew a great deal about."

Miss Olga Slade, another cousin, who is rehearsing at the Haymarket Theatre in Take Two From One

You Can't, said:

I do not cast any doubt upon. Madelaine a sincerity, nor do I offer any criticism of Gandhi, but I de- plore the fact that she has allied herself to his cause."

ed and exhausted, and lead a Miss Madeleine Slade is the only English member of Mr. Gandhi's nomad life, clad in rags, and per-party coming to England. As a secuted by the police and other it! she moved in the highest British circles in India,, and was authorities.

brought up amid luxurious aúr- roundings.

Among them there are many qualified workmen, but all prefer any hardship to the monotonous work at the factories and mills, by means of which the economy of the Soviet Union is now being main-

Committestained. considers that special police officers should be detailed to handle dc- linquent and vagrant children and young girls before they actually' come before the Juvenile Courts, After the arrest of the offender, it will be necessary for police officers to collect, for the information of the Court, such data as may be available as to his home surround- ings and history.

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ד" ח,

Lives. In a Cell.

Now she lives in a cell and studies the law according to the Hindu prophets, of whom, to her, the Mahatma is one of the greatest.

In her own story she has told how ahe was suddenly converted and became a follower of M. Gandhi after reading the story of his life written by Romain Rolland, the French philosopher.

In the Ural and in the Donetz district, which are centres of the heavy industrice, a chase after

This was one night in Paris. man-power takes place." In the

"I was living a life of thought- small Shachtinsky district alone less luxury in those days, idling 10,000 workmen are enlisted weekly away my time between London, to replace the deserters." This Paris and Berne. I was well to do, figure gives a good idea of the my family were well off, hud I had

"nothing to think about but the pur magnitude of the problem.

At the big Stalingrad tractor facsuit of pleasure, as my parents had staff consisted at the outset of tory 75 per cent, of the working brought me up.

Then something happened while

the best from various factories and I was reading this book, and I de- mills, but a year later all disapcided then and there that I must peared, and they had to be replaced give my life to Gandhi and to by Tartars, Bashkirs, and other India." Asiatics.

The Committee also considers that juvenile offenders when first. brought to the Btation should not be taken to the charge room but to the Inspector's office, where they should not come into contact with adult.prisonera

Regarding Probation Officers, the Committed recommends that they should be Chinese of good Too Many to Arrest, education, between the ages of 25 Recruiting agents are unable to and 30. There should be two male arrest the ever increbeing wave of officers to begin with one for Hong fugitives, "and it was only. Stalin's Kong and one for Kowloon, and new decree,/ abolishing equal pay one female Probation Officer for any introducing wages in accord. the whole Colony The salary pro-ance with skill, that has somewhat' poseil would be 81,200 to 81,500 an- reduced the fight of the workmen. nually for such officers, whether. fotorisa-male or female.

tion" may give the infantry. long distance mobility, but so long as part of the army is required to fight on foot it can only be made effective if the burden of individual equipment is ensed,,

Practical Opinions,

THE PRINCE MEETS MR. CHAPLIN.

A BIARRITZ GALA:

The gala and a dance followed a banquet, organised by the Mayors of Biarritz and Bayonne and the Sub-Profeet of Bayonne, at which 500 guests were present,

Biarritz, Sept 1.-The Prince of Wales and Mr. Charles Chaplin "What is the use working if all. met Inst night at a gala held in are paid alike!" Such is the Biarritz for the benefit of the war- reasoning of the "flyera." This wounded, eeld attitude, which increased during the summer months, when life in the open air is possible, might have raised the number of flyers" to many millions and have brought about a catastrophe in the country, the latest summer frocks, bench Amannequin parade was held, It is for this reason that Stalin's decree was published. pyjamas and bathing costumes being By insting it, Stalia contravened displayed. The Prince, who had dogmas of the Communist Parts 11.30 with Viscount Ednom and many of the most tenaciously hold dined at the Chateau de Matig on, where he is staying, arrived about It is just possible that catastrophe General Trotter, his A:D.CO has been warded off.

Thus are Communist ideals shown to be impossible in practice.

He contributed £8 to a fund for the war wounded, and chatted with Mr. Chaplin, M. Henri Cochet, the French tennis star, Mlle, Joanne. Juils, recently elected: 37 in Europe" in beauty castest, and others...

The Prince left at about one

Remand Home... To make the work of Juvenile Courts effective, it is essential that there should be places set apart to which youthful offenders To stalk machine guns and to may be sent both before and dur- travel swiftly through wooded For this purpose a Remand Home 'ing, consideration of their 'cases. rugged country, the fighting man on''

is considered absolutely essential foot must be unfettered. He must The Army authorities are going to be given as far as possible the free both for boys and girl. It is give their attention this winter to i dom of body enjoyed by the pancher, lios Reformatory, at present used therefore: proposed that the Belli. the problem of designing an entire, the deer-stalker, or the guerilla by the French Convent authorities ly now equipment for the infantry. fighter

as a home for destitute and needy This important step is being taken

women and girls; should be utilis at the direction of the Chief of the

ed for this purpose for male cEen Imperial General Staff; and a cam Such considerations as these ap- mitter is boing formed at Aldershot pear to have prompted the forth-ders, the girls already's being pro- to study the questions coming effort to design a new equip.vided for in the Po Leung Kuk,

The Belilios Beformatory is held The decision apparently arose ment, and an assurance is given. from the recent test mobilisation at that the opinions of practical in- on a tenancy which requires six Aldershot, in which the unhappy fantry officers will be preponderant, months notica for termination, plight of the overladen and encum- The general #framework and and the Director of Public Werke considers that repairs andi renova bered infantryman provoked much, arrangement of the present equiption could be carried out for a ment will come under review, and The lack of mobility of the infan (auch questions also as the value of sum of 813,000. The promises tryman, both in the line of march pouches, the abolition of the valise would afford accommodation for and the field of action, was all too or pack, the improvement of the same fifty boys. The Remand Home evident, and has given a strong haversack, and the need for a lighter would also be available as tempor

AVENTURESOME CRUISE INE, timulus to the revival of the old substitute for the greatcoat,

It is to be hoped that the sub-wandering and not having any industrial or reformatory school

SMALL CRAFTMAN "light infantry " ideal.

Moderu skirmishing Elect of me hope that the sub home, or found begging or receiv their existing Industrial Home,

and add its filena London, Sept. 19,—A voyage: 60- To shift the infantryman's pack be included in the terms of the inn alme. It should be placed une provided the number of inmates to the transport in hot enough, and vestigation As earlier announced der the control of a Police Ins-warrants 1 Cases which in Eng hasardous that Lloyd has refused. has the disadvantage of clogging the the replacement of the cumbersome pactor specially selected for the land would be sent to an indis to insure it started from Southead roads will additional non-fighting Lewis gun is already under con purpos, who should not wear uni trial school could also be sent to to-day when a venturesome party auch institutions as the Victoria including a woman," sailed in an vehicles. What is gained on the sideration, but the present rifle is

Home and Orphanage, Kowloon 80-foot yawl on a cruise round the swings is lost on the round-abouts also needlessly heavy, And even thus lightened, the pre- As for uniform, the present cap,

City, or the Italian or French world. The journey will take two sent infantry equipment is a hin jacket, and trousers could certainly

Conventa or, the Po Leung Kuk. Tac years drance to the Athletis skirmishing he improved. The abolition of

Committee gives, its cordial sup The party consists of Captale while which modern infantry must brass, too, is overdue. The Riße

port to the scehme by the Salesian and Mm Arthur: Captain Roland All if they are to be of wazand to : Regiments are a living proof that

Fathers in conjunction with oen Marshall, big-game hunter; and tain: Chinago gentlemen, to open a crew of three.open BUTTIVE.

smartness and ficiency do not des Tras mechanisation combines mopend on a metal that catches the

industrial school for boys the name of the yawl is Our Aberdeen.

Western Queen." bility both in long distance movo-

comment.

"

With regard to industrial and reformatory schools, the Committee contemplates at present the instit tion of one type of establishmant o'clock. only, leaving it to the authorities. concerned to negregate or amalga mate the two classes of inmates, if amalgamation in their opinion is possible without contamination.

· The Salvation Army is prepor- ary accommodation for boys founded to offer, for certification as a

form.

Prisons and Reformatorieaki

As to imprisonment of juvenile offenders, the Committed recom- mends that as soon as conditions permit they should serve their son canoes in wards set apart for them in the Laichikok Branch"Prison. (Continued at foot of next volume

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