The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-23
SALVATION ARMY
TAKES UP WORK
Hundreds Of Letters Come to Genera,
Booth Promising Personal
and Financial
Support.
SEARCH FOR HUSBAND
Princess Mary Of England win Soon
be Ready, But There Seems
to be no Available
Groom.
EBy Ed. l.. Keen, London oorresnon.

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LONDON. March Hundreds Of
letters have reached Sanva,ion Army
headquarters from various countrieA
promising General Bramwell Booth
personal as well as financial assist
ance In his new International cam
paign against the white slave trafic.
It is the first real big thing he has
attempted since the death last year
OF his father, and he intends that &c
shall be success. The possibilities
Of such crusade were suggested by
the public disclosures in parliament
OF the horrors and increasing extenr
OF the tratfic which finally led this
winter to the passage OF the drastic
white slave act. Although the new
law, which among other things pro-
vides for the arrest without warrant
Of suspected procurers and punish
'ment by fiogging. Is expected even.
tually to have a marked effect on the
| trade in women SO far az England It,
self is concerned, General Booth feels
that the crushing out of the traffic
can only be accomplished by internal
tional cooperation.
His first step has been to organize
a special department OF the army to
deal with all matters pertaining to
white slavery. This is to be entire.
ly distinct from the work In connec-
tion with the rescue and care OF fall
len women, which Is now being con,
Quoted through lit rescue homes here
and abroad and which since it was
organized has been instrumental in
saving more than $4,000 girls in Eng
land alone. The new bureau Is to be
under the immediate direction OF Col
onel Unsworth, an experienced officer
of the army who has seen active serv-
ice in many countries. The purpose
of this bureau are three fold, as ex-
planned by General Booth.
First. 1t Is proposed to conduct
general campaign looking to the strict
enforcement Of present laws on the
subject In various countries. I'VE
have found" said the general. ''thar
many of our friends are DESTROYS OF
combating this great evil, but are un.
aware that they have some service.
able weapons right at hand. We have
observed. too, that the police some.
times require friendly push before
We propose to furnish the right kind
OF inspiration for this push!"
Secondly, the influence of the army
In to be exerted toward the obtaining
of new legislation. The attention OF
countries that do not have adequate
laws for the protection of young girls
will be called to the experience OF
| those that have.
Thirdly, it is planned to obstruct In
every legitimate way the transfer OF
women from one country to another
/ for immoral purposes under the guise
of obtaining for them employment az
governesses, nurses, etc. the favorits
/ and most successfully worked trick OF
/ the international white slave traders.
/ One step In this direction will be the
i organization of corps OF travelling
army officers for emigrant ships, and
i it Is bound intimately to have at least
4 one such officer on board every emit.
grant vessel in the world. 1t will be
1 the duty of these officers. the most
1 part will be women, to warn young
1 girl emigrants Of the dangers con-
1 fronting them, inform them ,of the
various devices employed by the
white slavers In trapping victims. and
| through the special officers of the
army at the port of destination to
keep in touch with the girls after
tkeir arrival and assist them when 81
/ difficulty The travelling officers on
the lookout for persons suspected of
using the ships for purposes of he
traffic. and inform the proper authori-
ties.
II have been threatened as to the
consequences, If We go forward on the
lines we have mapped out. said Gen
1 eral Booth. 'but this isn't going TO