1940-10-09 — Page 5

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

THE DRAB SIDE OF LIFE: INTERESTING ADDRESS

P. HARROP NO PROTEST

BY MISS

AT ROTARY'S LADIES' DAY

China War Blamed For Present Destitution In Colony: Salvation Army, Govt. Praised

THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF SOME HUNDREDS OF YOUNG CHINESE ORPHANS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN IN HONGKONG,

NO PARADE FOR-

·TRAINING CADRE TOMORROW «

There will be no parade of the H.K.V.D.C. Training Cadre tomorrow, Thursday, the "Double Tenth," it was an- nounced by the military an- thorities yesterday.

TO BE

LODGED

-There-is-no-intention-of-lodging protest against the search of Japanese establishments in Hong- kong by the Police a few days ago. It was stated by the Japanese Con- sul-General. Mr. K. Okazaki, in reply to an inquiry by the Hong- kong Daily Press yesterday.

Mr. Okazaki sald that the searches were conducted some weeks ago in connexion with some radio licences, and that he did not consider the.matter serious. There is no question of a protest being lodged.

French Envy

and the excellent work being done by the Salvation Army and the Leaves For

Government in rescuing and rehabilitating these unfortunates, was outlined to a large gathering at the Ladies' Day Meeting of the Rotary Club yesterday by Miss Phyllis Harrop, Lady Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, in a highly interesting

talk entitled "Flotsam and Jetsam."

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Dr. Arthur Woo, President, was in the chair, and others sitting at the official table were the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Smith, the Hon. Rear-Admiral A. M. Peters, the Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, Mrs. Arthur Woo, Miss Harrop, Mrs. Eu Tong-sen, Brigadier and Mrs. W. Darby. ot the Salvation Army. Prot. R. Robertson (Vice-President of the Club). Prof. L. Forster, the Rev. J. R. Higgs. Dr. F. C. Woo, Capt. J. F. Lawrence and Lt. Col. E J. R. Mitchell,

Explaining her reason for the choice of the title. "Flotsam and Jetsam" for her talk, Miss Harrop said, by the way, that it had no bearing on the musical turn by the same name. Flotsam, means "goods which are shipwrecked and remain afloat on the sea and jetsam means goods that have been cast into the sea and sink and remain under water.

RAID IN- WANCHAI

These two are applicable to the the Straits where there is a large work on which she is now engag-market, Children are sometimes ed. It concerns women who have kidnapped. fallen on evf days, and who, on the one hand. are willing to try

One of my first big jobs, was a again to make something of their

certain lives, and, on the other hand, those raid I conducted on who have lost all and have

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Indo-China

It was revealed yesterday that the Special Branch of the Police had visited the premises of the Bank of Taiwan, the Hongkong The French Ambassador to News (Japanese weekly newspaper China: M. Henry Cosme, left the printed in Chater Road) and the Colony yesterday morning by residence of Mr. S. Kumamoto, special plane for Indo-China, ac- chief correspondent of the Asahi companied by his private secre- Shimbun in Hongkong. In no tary, M. I. Laurens-Castelet,

cases were any articles removed and arrests made.

The Ambassador arrived in |Hongkong on Monday from Swątow

by ship and it is understood that' his immediate destination is Hanot He expects to be back in Chung- king in a few weeks.

Other distinguished passengers on the plane were Colonel Henti Jacomy, head of the French Indo- China arms mission to Washington, who arrived here by the American

POLICE COURT HEARING

War Department Wins

Claims For Girders

Clipper on Friday: M. Guillaume Camerlynck, Dean of the School of Law, University of Hanol; Mr. F

An application for the return Martin, Mr. P. Gannay, Mr. Jan- of certain iron goods was brought sen, Mrs. Reed, Mr., G. Vacheron, by the War Department before descended to the depths of de-13 girls. This house was "undoutt-{ Mr. J. L Codereh, "Mrs, S. L. G. Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Central gradation and refuse to help them-edly a clearing house for girls who Codereh, Mr. J. Lefebvre and Mrs.

selves and are absolutely lost.

"This however, is only one phrase of my work," she said.

house in Wanchai where I found

now

Gauchet.

The machine was in. the charge of Captain Capillon.

Magistracy yesterday.

were collected and shipped to Bangkok for distribution in Siam

The application, which was brought by Capt. W. L Freeman, and the Straits. The ages of the

R. E. was for an order that cer- Blaming the Sino-Japanese War girls ranged from 5 to 18 years.

tain Iron girders in the possession for the present terrible state of Fortunately, I was able to arrest

of defendant, the Tai On firm, of destitution in the Colony. Miss the two women principally en- Harrop said that at present she gaged in the trafficking at this The girl has no option but to do No. 6A "Bands Street, be returned

and "they have

the been as she is told. Most of them are to

complainant. can 'see nothing but a further in-end.

a duly crease in the number of destitute banished from the Colony. Of the unwilling to lead this life.. but if authorised representative of H, M. children in the Colony within the 13 girls round, eight of them have they refuse, here again, they are War Department, the iron girders coming months and as long as the been returned, under satisfactory beaten into submission.

having been unlawfully obtained

China War lasts.

guarantees. to their parents and The girl cannot iun away, she from H. M War Department. relatives, but there are still five afraid-her-mistress-will--cause Mr. W. M. Brown, for the com- girls whose parents cannot

be trouble for her parents, in addition plainant, said traced.

she has no money, no friends, and nowhere to go. She is not allowed to have any money. In case she attempts to run away, all she re- ceives is food, clothing and lodg- ing.

MISS HARROP'S ADDRESS Continuing, Miss Harrop said in partim

My work, which is solely devoted to the welfare of Chinese women and children, can be divided up into several categories. Let me take the women first, their pro- blems are just as numerous and complicated, if not more so, than

our own.

They have their marriage dim-! culties, separations and divorces.!

out..

FRIENDLY TALK

and

A few weeks ago, we conduct- ed another such raid, these raids are frequent, but they are normally small, and do not net such a big bag. In this last big effort, we found 34 children, from babies up to 18 years of age.

PITIFUL STORIES Some of the stories taken from

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the application arose from another case which came up on Sept. 9. The goods in question were found in defend- He asked that ant's possession,

tom- the goods be returned to plainant without compensation.

· DEFENCE SUBMISSION - GIRLS WORTH SAVING

Mr. F. Zimmern, for the defend-- The majority of the younger ant, submitted that the goods girls in the Colony, who are lead-¦ were bought by defendant quite ing this life, are of the type I openly and an entry wag måde in have described. At the moment I the book, and sald that if the

me.

Det Sgt. V. M. Morrison sald he saw the goods in defendant's shop and later took them to No. 2 Police Station

the usual triangle lack of main- those children are pitiful. They can only deal with girls who come goods were to be returned defend ·| tenance and support and so on. know they have been sold, and beg to me direct, and ask for help or ant should be paid some compen- and all these worries and troubles not to be sent back to their who write to me-as-many-do-say-sation have to be very carefully sorted parents, because there is noting that they are being kept vir- Evidence was given by Capt. enough food to feed them and tually a prisoner, or who get simi. R. W. Rowell, of the R. E., who, they will only starve. These, con- lar messages through to

said that he had valued the girders The usual procedure is to call ditions are said to be the result of These girls I go after immediately, which he put at $250. all parties together

then the Japanese Invasion, and the they are worth saving, but the quickly discuss their dificulties, appalling poverty amongst the reason why I am handicapped in sometimes the woman accuses her working classes.

this work is the lack of accommo- husband of too much gambling, or Then there are the Muitsal girls.dation. he smokes opfum, and in other Most of you I think, know that the cases the husband complains hie word Muitsat means servant girl, wife plays too much Mahjong (not but this is a glorified translation. bridge this time although it is be-A Mutsal a few years ago could coming fashionable amongst the be bought for anything from $50 more modern Chinese), and an-

upwards. Sometimes they are other complaint is that she is never at home to cook his meals, girls who have been pledged as a

Then there Is

". These girls need skilful

handling, it is no use whatever getting them out of a brothel and then turning them loose on the streets again without food, money, clothes, etc. Here the Salvation Army come

Questioned by Mr. Zimmern 8gb. Morrison said he looked into tãs book and found that defendant had purchased the girders for $101.44.

The application was granted by the Magistrate,,

Now it has developed into more bome and has. 2

the Inevitable security for a sum of money loan into the picture and they deserve triangle, a woman loses her pret-ed to their parents. But in what the greatest, praise for the work tiness, friend, husband takes either!

the transaction has ever way a mistress or a concubine, and of taken place, the life of a Multsal they do. The girls are sent to the of a

more often than not, pare drudgery.

course hits wife does not like it..

Nowadays the taking of a concubine is against the Chi- nese law. It was abolished bý the New China Civil Code In 1934, and modern young ladies are insisting upon marriage in the Supreme Court: sliply to hidpress It upon their husbands “that it they, eventually inke a concubine by stray from the Besben gain, it fi a good arið sufficient reason for a divorce,

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• YOUNG CHILDREN The welfare of children, and particularly young girls, is an im- portant afde of the question.

Firstly, there are the young children involved in trafficking. cases, children, who have been sold by their parents to other

people, who in turn resell them

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hare, or take them out al the. country for the same purpose, to be resold, sometimes chicap labour and purely for the sake of gain, and other times for immoral purposes, The cause for the sale la offen extreme poverty.

This applies not only to young gizia but also to young, boya. We have recently discovered numerous cases of young boys being taken out of Hongkong by people, other than their parents, for disposal in

is

Home where they are classified and mixed population, taking women housed.

girls The majority of them and

of all ages and need segregation and medical boys up to the age of 10 years. I am thankful to say that not treatment, and therefore, they are It has increased in the number of all Multaal are treated like that not allowed to mix with the girls inmates and instead of a mere We have numerous cases in our in other sections of the Home, who handful, there is now an average Ales where girls of this type have are not of that type. At frst they of 300 inmates per month; » actually been treated as members find it hard, but those who are

of the family, they have been sent willing to give up their sordid life

to school and are very well cared settle down with a will and come

for, but these unfortunately, are through at the end with colours few and far between

OTHER DRUDGESTM

flying.

Due largely to the war in China, there are other kinds of domestic drudges these days. Many of these so-called adopted daughters aré also used for the same purpose, also young relatives, rear and die- tant ones, whose parents cannőt afford to keep' them are transrer: |= red to their more affluent relatives

The Salvation Ariny Home

· is doing a tremendous amount of work in the direction of re- habilitating this class of· girl, and our needs for a real big home are great. There is much to be done and we are only fust beginning.

REFUGEE ORPHANS

rugee orphans of which there are Now there is the question of re.

quite a large number. This is an-

PO LEUNG KUK However there still remain a very large number of children on our books, 402 have already been transferred from the Po Leung Kuk to King's Park Camp which has bedit split up into the neces- sary sections, to cater solely, for children.

I don't want you to form, the impression that all children are 101-treated and beaten, There are many thousands of Chinese child- rên in the Colony today, and the number which comes under the

portion of the communky wing of the S.C.A, is only a minute

Children, on the whole are very

servants, healf may of them are pledges for debts. Many of these children are m-treated. other big problem. They seem to well cared for, their parents sacr though not all of them are used increase instead of decrease. They fce a great deal for their children, as serváltá

And now prostitution. This is my biggest problem. Num ber and numbers of young girls

compelled to lend this dreadful: ffe. Here again is another form of

These Kiris, are sold by their

- 1::, | 2 Darents or relative to their Mistresses to be prostitutes

are found" wandering about the but my work is connected with the | streets, are sent to me fróm: the [zóföla alde, of life and at times 1: police, pedesteláns bring come in, am apt to overlook the other others are left on doorsteps and brighter side and merely take it tèriants bring them to me and so for granted, so to my Chinese it goes on. ge

Most of the friends I wish to apologise now for

children are sent anything which I have said which In the first instance to the Po might be misund Leung Kuk, to which are also sent The Fote of thanks to the spear- other cases needing investigation, er was proposed by Prof. Le Forster.

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