The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-17
WHITE SLAVERY
STAMPED OUT
Notable Improvement in Vice
Conditions Found in Europe

New YORK, Jan. 17.-After year of
PERSONAL investigation i'm eleven Euro
pc,n countries, Abraham Flexner.
commissioned by the bureau of sexual
hygiene. If which John ID. Rockefeller,
Jr is chairman, has come To the con-
cusiun that police regulation of the
social evil in Europe is a failure and
is rapidly dying out Stringent legs-
hton ON the other hand, has practi-
ally stamped out the so-called white
slave traffic IN young girls. and seq
rcgation he finds, is non existent any
where in England on the continent.
These views, upsetting beliefs wide
ly current in this country as to the
status of commercial vice in the old
woIld, are set forth in $50 page vol
ume to be- ISSUED tomorrow.
The report follows that on a SINH
lar Investigation of vice conditions in
New York city made n year ago un-
der the auspices of Mr.. Rockefeller's
bureau
wa ''fNt'NA 'l'NiAA iiipit AfisaI ~ val
in the PREPARATION of his report i'm adj
diton TO the twelve months consumed
in gathering material. 1t is published
under The auspices of the bureau OF
social hygiene in the hope that ulti-
mately some ctfectual means will be
found To combat the evil i'm the United
States Mr.. Rockefeller himself con-
tributes the foreword
Sex Hygiene Not Taught.
Sex education" says DR.. Flexner,
Is the subject of as much controver-
sy Ia Europe as in this country. Des-
pIie the prevalent notion to the con-
Wa!E be writes, the subject of SEX
education is as yet very largely in the
realm Of theory or controversy. AS TO
TINS point a strange msconCeption
obtains. In England. one hears that
great progress has been made i'm this
HeId IN Germany; in Germany one is
referred with equal positivcness To
scandinavia. in Scandinavia to Fin
i"id whittier however ! did not pur-
sue the W.ll-o'-the wisp. The facts
are these. No recognition is given to
'eN-'hStruction in English schools at
aO Tho headmasters and house
MASTERS IN some of the great public
SCHOOLS notably n-endeavor, how
ever ~ gain The confidence OF the
boys individually. In Prussia which
j representative of the states Of the
"eIlnan empire, sex obstruction of any
KING is very rarely given at the popu-
lar schools.
III Denmark and Norway. nothing
'.''r OF general 'or a compulsory
'"'r''i'r exists; Sweden practically
repeats Prussia, Offering no instruc-
uo' IN popular schools. an optional
"'lur' To last year students in the
,''"'' secondary schools. particularly
,'''t '"r girls in the discretion of the
'''"u' master or head mistress. Sys-
''''''lc or general instruction has de-
'''ped as Yet nowhere IN Europe.
Little Traffic in Girls.
l-Np'''n'nE the decline i'm the sys-
tic traffic in young girls, the writ
- 'e.dls successive steps I'm lcgisla-
wv" oue to popular agitation i'm late
lars ana asserts that the entrapping
''' "'lnuring of girl may be class
"S me exception, like a mysterious
murder or robbery.
&C.,, ''"'r existing conditions" he says.
'Here is absolutcl,- r ,.,, A.,
,'''N mat such cases occur frequently.
-" therc are those who would he
~, ~ TO take advantage of any re-
.oN'''on of vigilance on the part OF
,,,o '"''''hts' the police and the pri-
ORGANIZATIONS constantly on the