League to Appoint Agent in Far East to Take Special Charge of Ca-ordinative Measures (CEOSEE ce-operation between the police and other authorities in their work against white-slavery, abolition of licensed or tolerated houses, and the appointment of an agent of the League of Nations in the Far East to take special charge of the ce-ordina~ tive measures necessary to secure the future of women of Russian origin were among the the measures adopted at the Conference of Central Authorities in Eastern Countries held at Bandoeng, Java, recently.
In order to promote such ce-opera~ ton 3s desired between the authori: ties, the Conference has recommend: ed the creation of a Bureau of the League of Nations in the East to receive regular reports from all par etpating countries in regard to traffle in women and children, and to circulate such reports to alli particle ating countries, Among " other. Things, such reports are to contain Information. concerning men and women convicted of tracking.
The conference was convened on February 2 by the head of the Anti-'Opium and Social Affairs Section on behalf of the Secretary-General_of the League of Nations, acting on the decision taken by the Council at a recent session, Invitations were issued by the Secretary-General to the Governments, international organiza~ Nous and missions. Among those who took part in" the " conte ence were representatives of the Governments of the Straits Settlements and. Federated Malay States, Hongkong, France, India, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slam, and a group of missions, Inter-ational voluntary organizations anal. regional and local organiza tions, and experts, The Agenda Ihe, A. J. Baud, frst delegate of the Netherlands and Mrs. S.C. Mukerjee, delegate of India, were elected as president and' vieeresident respectively of the confer-fence, while Miss M. Malthe, former member of the Commission of Enquiry into Trafic in Women and Children in the East, was invited to attend as expert, The agenda consisted of the following points:
1, Closer collaboration and wider Among other stringent measures adopted at the conference were the following: that special measures should be taken "by Governments both by control at frontiers and by supervision within their territories for the protection against traffe In women and children who belong to or accompany travelling. troops of entertainers, and that Government should make arrangements, if neces-sory, regulations under which their national shipping should collaborate with port authorities generally in order to prevent trame in women and children and especially to secure {that reasonable precautions are taken by steamship companies. to prevent the evasion by female and minor em!- grants of any examination instituted {with a view to the protection of such persons by the authorities at. the ports of departure or arrival of the ships.
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