Show TO TRADE IN WOMEN berlin july 17 the publishes the details of the treaty entered into between twelve european countries which has been duly ratified and goes into today the contract states that the parties obligate themselves to establish each a bureau for the collection of information regarding the solicitation of women and girls for immoral purposes abroad these bureaus are to exchange information among themselves and a strict watch is to be kept particularly at large railway stations and seaports to detect persons engaged inthe in the white slave trado efforts are to bo set on toot among fallen women tor the purpose of obtaining information about those engaged in the traffic the contracting parties further obligate themselves to financially assist girls enticed abroad lo 10 return hame agencies and persons advertising positions abroad for women are to be subjected to special police attention most of the signatories signa tories include their colonies but germany great britain denmark and spain reserve decision regarding their colonies until a later period the also prints the proclamation issued by imperial chancellor von buelow announcing that the treaty has been ratified and is in effect while no american states are party to the treaty it is understood efforts to suppress the trade will apply equally to those who try to entice girls to north or south america |