The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-29
BRITISH REVIVE
WHIPPING POST
white SIaVers" to Be Driven
Out of Country, if Adequate
Punishment Works.

LONDON, November 2.-The house
a. commons on Friday took bold step
towards freeing the "white slave. J"
By the narrow majority of four, and
m the teeth of the settled opinions of
The government, the house decided that
The men who live upon the "wage of
shame earned for them by women
nay be logged as well as imprisoned
lpon n first conviction.
The decision was come to upon the
report stage of the Criminal Law
Amendment White Slave-Bill. This
rs a measure which introduces changes
N the existing law dealing with
number of offences of an allied char.
Eeter but the chief purpose is to
strengthen the hands of the police and
Of the courts of summary jurisdiction
IN dealing with men who entrap limo.
aent girls and live upon their earnings.
Humanitarians are aghast at the idea
~ extending the use of the lash, and
IN the house many of them delivered
powerful appeals against what they re.
garded as a retrograde step; but the
application of the lash for this class of
8fenee has been urged by bishops and
many prominent social workers as the
Snly punishment which will deter the
rsen who engage in this traffic, and in
The house several members made it
clear that it was only under the spec
al circumstances of the case that they
supported it.
Foreigners Fortunes.
An example of the government S
spinicns see.sawing violently was first
disclosed When the bill was in com
nittce the government, thinking only
IF its effect as applied to London, con
Sented to amend Clause l, so that power
IF summary arrest should be limited to
NOSE not below the rank of sergeant
and specially detailed for this duty.
The difficulties of small police forces
m provincial towns working the Act
Under this restriction were on Friday
submitted, and Mr.. Rawlinson brought
ioFward an amendment to remove the
fmitation as to rank.
Arthur Lee, to whose active support
" the measure many complimentary
references were made in the course of
TIE debate, seconded this. The Home
Secretary promptly accepted the amend
went, admitting that in committee the
rome office had been thinking too close
D Of london; and the amendment was
agreed to, although Sir William Byles
nook his head obviously over the
y0Rey of exposing young constables to
me temptations of men with pockets
bullying with gold"
The real struggle of the afternoon
FHme upon Clause H., which gives
power to apply the lash to male pro.
rgrer upon second conviction.
George Greenwood moved to delete
Cause III. and Mr.. Lynch seconded,
Both members delivering powerful ap.
Peals against fogging as being a bru-
Milling form of punishment.
Value of the Lash.
The Home Secretary was opposed to
Jogging generally, but he said there
we're the strongest arguments for re-
naming this clause. The police told
Ann there were in London n number of
Foung men, mostly foreigners, living
on the immoral earnings of women.
They made from $40 to els week and
accumulated fortunes. Sometimes
MN had as many as five or six girls
working for him. Mr.. McKenna said
BE regarded the talk of the demorali-
ation of the Judge, of the community,
81 the police, and of the offender by
logging sentences as illusory The
2p1iGe advised him that if there was
stie power to fog there would be no.
body TO fog, because after the first con
xiction the offenders would quit the
country.
Colonel Mark Lockwood heartily ad-
socutef logging those engaged in this
vile trsde. They were not men, they
vera animals, and should he treated ac.
cordingly. Mr. Rawlinson rather de.
Precated the gallant Colonel's impet-
aous language. After all, the part of
the procurer was in many cases that of
introducing a willing seller to a willing
buyer, and the bulk of the work was
ione by women. Moreover, in eases of
this kind where an innocent man might
90 eSpased to the treachery of an nm.
sCrupulous woman it was advisable to
go slowly.
Will Crooks, who followed, volun.
Teered to WELD the lash upon the backs
Of offenders under this clause In con
femptuous tones he asked why they
JhOuld waste moral suasiou upon men
Eho went about boasting of the ruin
ziey had caused. One boosted that his
rietims would reach from Victoria to
St. Paul's Cathedral Why put forward
plea for the skins of such people
I'm glad they've skins to be tanned,
DC said, Answering Mr.. Rawlinson :
plea for caution, Mr.. Crooks declared
That though an innocent man might b,
convicted once, he apprehended littl,
danger Of anyone twice being wrongl,
convicted Of the same class Of offence
A "Reminiscences.
The Hon. Edward Wood, a son OF
Aori Halifax, was reminiscent conc,
was whipped a. school three times be
fore breakfast he confessed ami,
laughter, and be- added uaiyely that n
thought il had had deterrent et
feet upon his after career.
The amendment was rejected hy 20
sotes 10 a., and the house then pro
seeded 10 discuss nu amendment %
Senhom stewart, th, Uuiouist MI