To the Editor of the "<NontiCutina. Dart News."
Sin,—Theve. were two items news'in your issue of the 18th instant" which seemed to" special importance. One was the Prominence you gave ton pro Tonncement. on the important part women were. about to take in' the Conterenoe "of the. nstitate. of Paste Relations which isto be held shortly in" Kyoto. The other was that the Executive Committee of the, Women's National Liberal Federation had passed a vesalation protesting, against: the continuance the. feat aystem in Hong ong, Ye to be hoped that China will be adequately represented he Conference, "At any rate itis certain that Miss Hinder wil voice the injustices under "which women hurfer here. Anew day Is certainly dawning, but the idea that a wife a chattel in deeply ingenined in the Chinese aumd. and ie will take 2 long time to convince tha Chinese husband that n wife has any tights bond to respect he mit tea question has been' a burning one in Hongkong for many Jones Am teats really a save inland tomato children are bought atid more commonly tu Canton than in other parts of Chino; bat they are sold "everywhere. Our own ity of Shanghai is n famous rare for iris and there must be many hundreds of thes iti slaves our midst, ritish ofcals in Hongkong have been very tolerant of the abuse. Itty trae that many nei teat ae well treated but 30 were the slaves in" ancient times and. in Amerien before: they were fmanelpater. Tt is also true, that {f'the buying and selling of torate children wore utterly. abolished China there might, probably would, immediate increase in female ntantielde. But there are incluse flat openings for ils now such did. not exist. even, twenty. Yenrs ago, and whatever. the vis, They mutt be taken. Two instances oe: are recorded. in yesterday' 3 cruelty indicted on Chinese slave
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