Ceylon, Jan. 18.
Planters here are incensed at the charges made by Lady Simon, the wife of the well-known Liberal leader, who stated on Thursda; [she was going on a crusade tam to stop anying Ceylon ten if slavery in that island was allowed to continue. pointed cut that the arly form of slavery in tte Colony is the Sinhalese adoption of children as ungold domestic servants and thet Dvropeans have long been striving to reduce and abolish this practice.
Lady Simon, it will be recalled, said that there were still foot to six mit tion slaves in the world and that sales of slaves were carried on in the open market in 19 different! countries.
Tu her book "Slavory," published Hlast November, Lady Simon stated that many of the slaves were treat with revolting barbarity, and horrible details were cited. Abys sinza, Arabia and China were classied as the "black spota"—Reuter.
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