Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-09-07
Keir Hardie Determined to Get at Bottom of Recent
 Outrages.
SAYS TASK IS DONE
Pamphlets He Has Issued on LOndOn's White Slavery Attract Much
 Attention.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE

London, Sept 6.-Undetermined by the silence of the London press of determined to get to the bottom of the so-called "Piccadilly flat scan dal' and there are many here who hope that he may succeed, for there is little doubt that conditions in Lon don at present are such that there is the greatest need of a man with the indomitable courage of the late William T. Stead, whose violent ar ticles against the Maiden Tribute in the Modern Babylon are still re- membered by many of the older peo. pie among us.
 Deprived of every opportunity to \ voice his indignation in the press, e and muzzled when he tried to arouse E the House of Commons, Mr. Hardie recently published pamphlet which has been sold by the tens of thous- ands in the streets of London, and $ the eloquence of which is equal to the articles which landed Mr. Stead in prison.
 aS. After showing that the Home Sec -sretary intendA to remain inactive not Z because he Mlbts that crime has Ss been committed or that similar un- % speakable crimes are being commit R ted in this city every day, but be- M cause he fears the revelations which might be made during a trial Mir. E Keir Hardie writes:
 My task is done. do not stop I to apportion blame for what has l happened Mr. McKenna appears an l xious and willing to defend every ] thing done in connection with the case, while disclaiming any interfer- ence by his own department. My con- l tention, having regard to all the 1 facts, is that there is evidence enough in the hands of the police, on which to base charge of pro> l curation or what in America would me called White Slavery" againss "Queenie" Gerald and those who paid her large sums of money to procure 1 girls for them. It may be that the evidence would be mainly circum- stantial, and that the poor victims themselves could not be traced. Sup pose if you will, that the charge would ultimately break down on this point. The authorities have proof that the woman was prOfessed pro- curess and the trial and the revela- tions connected herewith would be valuable in educating public opinion on the moral depths of degradation which exist in London, and on the powerful and far-reachng agencies which are at work to lead young girls astray, and would probably lead to strengthening of the law for dealing with the evil. So long as the man is immune from exposure the real root of the disease will be untouched.
 Let the labor organizations de- mand that this woman shall be put on trial for procuration. MT. Trav- CTS Humphreys says the evidence to Justify that being done exists, and
 MT. James Allan Lawrie appears to agree. Let the churches speak out;
 the case is we'll within the sphere
 Of their work. Let temperance so-
 cleties and kindred organizations
 speak out. Purity is an integral part
 or temperance Let the nation speak
 out Three Hundred and fifty thou
 sand women c1 the streets of Great
 Britain. And the late Queen Victoria
 told us the Bible is the secret of
 Eagland's greatness" Five hundred
 thousand fresh cases of disease are
 reported every year.
 The medical profession is thor
 oughly alarmed. They know what
 uat means to the coming genera
 uons. Bombard Mir. McKenna with
 pe'itlons and resolutions calling up
 him to institute proceedings
 eainst 'Queenie' Gerald charging
 ser With being procuress. Forget
 prl1ce'-there is very likely
 ae such in the case-and the Duke
 -o everyone believes is in the case