The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-16
5 AMBASSADORS HENRY
MoRGENTHAU
Ambassador Morgenthan Helps
Rid ConstantinopIe Of TRAIT,
fickers In Young Girls

~ oNsTANTINQPLE March a.
Correspondence of The Associated
~ Press. - The uotoriety which
has attached TO sGonstantinople rs "a
, center of white slave traffic bids fair
to disappear under the vigorous all
ADMINISTRATION of Bedff Bcy, the present
chief of polira,f ywho, ~ recently re-
ported by cable, has undertaken the
raid of number of places where the
traffic hourished. .}-l
In this work Of suppression Henry
Morgenthau, the American ambassa.
dor, has figured prominently. Up TO
the time President Wilson sent him to
| Constantinople no personality sufii-
| GENTLY interested In stopping the evil
practices had appeared to grasp the
| situation. Under the Capitulations
with the Powers whereby forei ners
in Turkey we're not subject to the
laws of the country, the suppression Of
the white slave traffic was practically
impossible. Foreigners were responsible
only to their cOnsuls, and the consular
representatives would not work togeth.
err with the Turkish authorities.
Trafiickers Have Passports
The persons engaged in the traffic
secured passports of five different
countries and would swear az many al
legiances as their varying fortune de
manded. The Black Sea ports of Rus
STA and Rumania, only few hours sal
from Constantihoplea were made the
basis for the export Of human material
which the Turkish capital consumed.
7 One notable Russfitf 'ebnsdf general
Peter Ponafidine, made every effort Il
suppress the trade in so far as Russian
/ subjects were concerned, and tn,
Turkish officials made repeated at
tempts at cleanup, but without co
operation of all the foreign consul
no real impression was made. -
Morgenthau Takes Hand PEA,
} When idr. ;Iorgenthau arrived il
Constanbnople near the. end of 1913
) he quickly grasped difficulties am
, was the first to succeed in bringing tn
forei IL eonsuls and the highest Turk
/ ish police authorities together, Al
parties professed willingness to d.
, their share in suppression of the traf
, fic, and the American ambassador for
, tunately had the grip to hold then
to their purpose. At q meeting he'll
, last March at the American Embass,
the Consta ntinople Association for tn
Suppression of the Traffic in Womel
was organized. c. Cornell Tarler, sec
: rotary of the embassy, was appointed
secretary. The efforts of this associa
ton were about to bear fruit, when tn
outbreak of the European war upset al
60 operation in the European diplonl
attic and consular corps.
Time for Reform RIPE na -SsEuaa'
Last October, however, the ottomO
authorities abTCgatrd the capitulatiOn
under which foreigners had enjoye'
their privileged position In the Empire
and although the foreign powers hav
not accepted this nhrogation, the en-
trance of Turkey into the war ha
caused u general acquieseenee. Tn
. time for the Turkish anthorities to at
tack white slavery in the capital ha,
therefore come. The control of the pc
lice is in the hands Of Bedri Bey, VIII
for the past year has been in active ac
cord with Ambassador Morgenthau il
his efforts to pur constantinOplc o
, the worst phases of white slavery. Bed
, ri Bey has for some months been gath
ering evidence against the cadets II
he city. .' h ~
Over q score of them had their foye
in a quasi synagogue ia the most no
torious quarter Of Galata onTthe GOlde
Horn. The synagogue was independen
of the Grand Rabblnate of Turkey an,
: thus was athletic esra"" "ahPions inrrs
!, tigation. In January Bedri Bey 5 obi
, GERS desrcudod upon the synagogue AN
closed it's doors. They likewise raidr
the places" of the ratet' and urrestc
. $50 Of them.