The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-19
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE BROTHELS IN CHINA

"COMETHING of scene" happened
y in the respectable British House
Of Commons the other day or so we
read in the Daily Herald" The oc-
casion for it was a question put by
Wilfrid Wellock the new labor mem
Der for Stourbridge. "He asked the
secretary of war whether brothels
filled with 15-year-old Chinese girls
had been established by the British
military authorities in Marking for
the British and American troops and
if the Women's Department of the
Kuomintang had protested"
An uproar followed Members from
the tory side arose in the might Of
just anger to ask whether it was in
order for an honorable member "to
make serious allegations against the
British military authorities" When
the noise had somewhat subsidized Capt
King, for the war minister replied to
the question: There are no British
or American troops at present in
Marking"
"Jix" in Action.
elk" then rose-our righteous,
Communist hating, home secretary.
Settling with that moral indignation
which he has since been using up
against the new Prayer Book, he de-
manded to be told what power the
house had to find out 'if there was
any foundation at all for putting
down such a monstrous assertion as
that contained in the question ?" Loud
tory cheers and disturbances from the
labor benches demand further that the
questioner be compelled to put down
his grounds for such a question. The
house of commons incident finished at
that point. The speaker interviewed
and Wellock announced his intention
of looking further into the question.
Rob the Cradle.
However the sequel occurred only
a few days ago when in conversation
with journalist lately returned from
Shanghai we learned the truth of the
matter. He said: "The British au-
thorities have established thirteen
or fourteen large brothels. They are
filled with little Chinese girls from
II to 15 years of age. The Women's
Department of the Kuomintang did
protest against the outrage" Our
comrade was able as an eye witness
to testify this,
But these establishments at Shang-
hal and not at Marking where it is
true there are no British or American
troops. The whole incident speaks for
itself. 1t is typical of English i'm
perialism and also typical is the seeth-
! ing moral indignation of "Jix"-at
/ the ''monstrous accusation" the ser
ious allegation" etc, knowing as
everyone who has studied history
must, the record of British imperial
ism in India and elsewhere 1t is i'm
possible to believe that his rage arose
from the consciousness of wronged
virtue and not from chagrin at the
scandalous exposure. Commander
Kenworthy the same day in parlia-
ment pointed out that there are and
have been for many years licensed
brothels under the British authorities
in Hongkong. There are houses of
ill fame in Grant Rd., Bombay, of
which the Labor Women published
photographs in March of last year,
where in iron cages open to the street
women of all nationalities, wait for
queues of men, all Europeans. These
houses flourish for the profit of Brit
ish owners under the protection of
the British police authorities in Bonn
bay.
Aftermath of Empire.
Brothels, alcoholism, veneral dis
eases follow imperialism and its arm
les wherever they go. They are it's
| inevitable outcome because it must on
the one hand keep its troops "con-
tented" by any means available by
pandering to their baser lusts, pre-