Show SLAVERY IIi SAN FRANCISCO It is said that in Chinatown in San Francisco there exists slavery Thus the Cal of that city says The barter and sale of human beings the branding with hot irons of those who dare assert their right to freedom i the slaughter of such as cannot be controlled even by repeated torture all this crime and horror is but a part of the every day history of the Mongolian Mon-golian plague spot in the heart of the city It is time the law was vindicated in the premises It Is time the Chinese were taught that slavery will not be tolerated In America If this be true it is high time that the authorities of San Francisco bestirred be-stirred themselves to ridthelr city and W < t J 4 H I state of the great reproach that rests upon it That there is much truth in all this there can scarcely be any doubt Right in the very heart of San Francisco Fran-Cisco there is a foreign colony governed gov-erned by its own laws following its own customs whose almost evei thought and sentiment id i antipathetic to those of the American people it is not merely unchristian but it is anti Christian and pagan in all the term implies And there is nothing in its paganism that forbids slavery but on the contrary there is much that encourages en-courages it The slavery that Is said to exist in this Chinese colony is chiefly that of girls and women who are held in captivity for the worst of purposes S It cannot be impossible to find out if this is i so thcdgh to get the absolute proof such as would justify a verdict in a court of justice is not an easy matter Those whn might he in pos sessicn of the desired information wcusi be Chinamen and even if they ere disposed to give the authorities the information in-formation they desired and render them every assistance in their power still they would be almost certain to be terrorized by the power of the highbinder high-binder societies and that is very great indeed The authorities of San Francisco have a vexed question to solve one that is surrounded with almost insurmountable difficulties and these facts make it necessary that most extraordinary efforts ef-forts be put forth The country is fast becoming impressed with the idea that slavery exists in Chinatown in San Francisco Something should be done to dispel it |