Harbin, July 10.
Thanks to the. efforts of the #merican Consul and the Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association at Dairen two of the young women who signed contracts with the—soidisant. Japanese impresario to appear at a cabaret in that town, are safely back again in Harbin. I have had related to me_ their story first-handed and seeing that efforts are still being exerted on the part of Japanese and their "foreign" agents to entice young Russian girls into veritable traps from which there are but remote chances of escape, it is for public good that this full exposure is being made. The old adage "prevention is better than cure" holds good in all countries, and it is certainly urgent that the Chinese authorities should see that advertisements calling for girls of 16 to 20 years as waitresses in some Japanese restaurant at Mukden should be forcibly suppressed, It was some time back in April last that the Japanese enterpreneur accompanied by his interpreter anyed at Harbin and put up at Fhatovsky Podvore Hotel. He lost ne time visiting the numerous restaurants and cafes which now try to eke out an existence in the town, announcing that he was' on the look out for artistes fr a new cabaret he intended to open at Dairen. Seeing thab business at Harbin is at stagnation point, and that there are many girls and wo-aden who are forced to make their own living, it is not surprising that this entrepreneur soon received many applicants. Fortune favouring him, he was able to make his pick, and needless to say those whom he chose were especially attractive in looks though perhaps lacking entirely any artistic talents.
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