To the Editor of the "Noxrn-Onixa Dasty News."
Sin,—Thero is nothing _new about' prostitution or the mdhods of thoro who indulge in extra.
rital relations bu' the meumurce to Shanghai and introduced with a view to lessening the evil trade have forced those who ssu it to adopt newer methods In order to come in contact with thos they seek. 'The man who was wont to visit a brothel wherein resided many women, is now foreed to look for one' in the street and take her to a hotel of sit " small house wherein reside only one or two. As the Deputy Commissioner of Police has said and. all. clear thinking people realize there ix just og much ptostitution in Shanghai before. the active, new order for suppression hecaino
Laissez Faire's" suggestion that we should wipe out all laws relating to suppression because it dace mot succeed "is surely the utteraned of a feeble mind. Ho might as Wwoll suggest that should do away with pure food of Jaws because there is still slot of impure food about of allow every vendor of milk tol): adulterate it with water because} some do 30, Laws of suppression are always] useful, but if is, is worth while! they will be evaded by some' and, it only remains that they should be made reasonable remembering) jy, always that laws are made for the people and nob the people for the laws.
credit and disorganization Dyas meaguree bring Ti their train and in. this Model Softlement we want more than dispersal of prostitution, we want not to Sind it at every burn, but confined to limited afeae, Tam, eta, Watxa Mav. Shanghai, March 14, 1024.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.