New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC NOT YET CURBED

traffic in women and glrlS IS pelne | advertised to the world in no un- 1 certain terms through the report Of , the white slave committee of the League of Nations, which made a thorough-going investigation with funds provided by the American Bureau of Social Hygiene.
 Attempts have been made by some of the oS nations affected to sup press this report in Geneva, and it is said that much damning intorma- ton has been suppressed in the offi- cial report; but if the original re- port is more horrible in its implica- tions than the official report, then conditions must be distressing ln- deed
 The United States does not go scot free in this report. Since brothels have been suppressed in practically all American cities the public has been led to think that all is well, and that white slavery no longer exists in this land. The report would lndl- cate otherwise. A vast bootlegglng system operated by procurers Is de- clared to have part of it's organiza- ton implanted in American soil. or especial moment is the declaration that a few so-called theatrical agencies in New York have been en- gagged in shipping girls from New York 10 Panama. Cuba, Mexico, ! Central America and other points. | and doing SO under the clam they i are actresses and entertainers. It IS gratifying in this connection 10 learn from the report that American authorities were given credit for be- ing unalterably opposed to the traf- fife and are fighting 1t consistently, and that it is simply due to the ease of shipping victims to Central Amer ican ports that the traffic can sur Viye.
 Take the case of reaching Tia Juana, in Mexico, only IS miles south of San Diego. That Tia Juana is the most extensive sporting city left on the American continent there can be little doubt Races CaUs" thousands of free-spending Amer jeans to visit it every year; thou sands of entertainers also visit the
 place, and most of them may be legitimate entertainers. How IS any
 one to know the victims of procurcrS
 from the others, especially as the victims usually start their journey te
 disaster as actresses, cabaret singers
 and the like? A week of this then al the rest. is too easily the story. "Vice is monster of hideou nien," said Pope; and since tn
 world began humanity has been at
 tempting to curb it's most obnoxious
 manifestations. The ancient writing clearly indicate the difficulties tha
 were experienced in the early day to eliminate this symbol of perditiol from the human race. It has beel
 curbed, made extremely difficult ant hazardous to follow, in this an' some other countries: but like a, ugly cactus growth, it has defied an
 initiation or suppression.
 The League of Nations at presen Il is primarily concerned with pre-
 venting the procurement of unWill . ing victims through an organize
 system that exists in 2S countrie '- The committees 250 agents di
 thorough-going detective work { II arrive at their conclusions; they b. '' came intimate with the procurer u gained the confidence of their vic
 tins.
 '' Now, one is prompted to ask, wht III will happen in the 2S states att' the full extent of the report has ha
 time to make an impression upC ~ the various governments? Some
 them, it is to be feared, will do vel
 little. From several of them, in fa " officials have been quoted in splr '| of animosity to the report, these b ct ing satisfied 10 permit things to I
 main as they are no matter how b; . they may he. In the United Stat' IT. however, where the money to pr vide the investigation originated, [ '' result can only he 10 stimulate i '' creased surveillance of doubt +D- agencies to do more and better su
 precision.