| Show r t f ll A r fr frn n nu i 1 u I f I d L I h I I I 1 I 1 I W Wi fl II j ji i i 41 U t t tr r Cape Parliament Hears r I 11 I tl Reports as to 0 the Conditions I I I f There here T I I 1 4 i j jI I if il I PEOPLE DETAINED i 1 I I I r 11 V VI Rigid Them front from Sc Se 1 1 I i curing Their T h clr Escape from frol ilic tlc Most f I I tHI I Terrible lc of Surrounding 5 f f j j tJ J 1 Correspondence WI 1 July It I not been I I 1 LONDON for Iho war tho ot of t political In this country uc lt j I ti present undoubtedly niort mor nUon p 1 I o l I If 1 Ion would have havo been hoon attracted hy a f I I 1 story which from j t 11 Ii fj f I I Africa tho Iha other othel day rc tho Iho lep lepers 1 f I it it 4 I ers on Hobben Isal l Capo Town j I t Ie for tor this account recalls recal vividly some 1010 o othe of f 1 the most mOlt gre somo of ot Den 1 Hur Island l whore where for tor many Inny yean car f I I tho licensed outcasts of ot nit al douth rl I t m Cl havo hlo been beel Isolated Invariably excites t 1 the tho curiosity of passengers on their nr ar tt I r I oft ar Capo Town fawn and tho Iho I M I r I mention of o It I creates a I feeling of horror f i i j jIn In the tho in I lid H of ot residents In the Capo f Colony COhl It I was In the Cape Assembly J J I tho other day lla that Dr Howat who IB In i I Iole I one ole of the most prominent t l in mi In South Africa made mado somo no ai I I 1 statements regarding con I i In the tho leper Island lalanI The Tho doe doc doctor 1 I J H tor ho he of ot between sixty and J 1 ons condemned to a ItI f j t long banishment there th ro If I 1 Indescribable hut but who 1 I In reality never nover had been ben a I source of at 1 It I lI n 01 to tn anyone and who would not bi b N tI 1 i I If It allowed to go at nt large In coneo f f the tho medical man Bald that ho hI 1 now refused to certify as lS lepers only slightly affected as ns h knew that thatto ft j to do so would bo ho to thom them At lIt f I I tt rt once Olce for tOl life le to the dread Island J II j And Dr the tho caso CaRO ot t f t Ii I n 1 man lan ho after having be 1 kept Itel t on Jk b I Ithe the Island for tor eight years as 19 a 1 leper i i n 11 finally disclaimed It I having been J I established conclusively that thC he ho had I I never been affected by hy leprosy nt at nil ni iI I Then this practitioner wont on to i Konio pomo amazing regarding th administration of ot the leper 1 Fn bent to Robben Hobben Island for tor exam Illation he hI maintained received no j consideration ut all ni at the hands nC ot I J Iho tho or hoard board there thero 11 left I awful surroundings without hope r I The of o this board J I h the continued who should 1 visit y l SI Jj the Island every months had In I i fact only visited It tour four times In Jt I I years nalS In consequence of this neglect t 1 ho declared the unfortunates on tho v I pI Island were dying like Iko lies from tuber I due dul to 10 j When several members leml ls of ot tho r I I h tl Assembly shocked by h Dr ifil statements visited Habben Island tho L I Ir t r 1 J other day they wore were met by a I f J wretch ho Implored the visitors r irria IF fi help A carpenter of Southampton 4 nl who went to at It I I 1 l ley ler contracted leprosy lopos In a n mild form torm i I i Ind promptly was vaR dragged off of to th I lw i leper lepel Island IA 1111 This was months month i j 1 I ago HP 11 now has haM lost all ni traced of th disease but bul In Is an ni much a n prisoner mi ni w If It ho wro w ro doing a 1 life term of penal j servitude Meantime ho n II tho Iho morn mor i to 10 return to his family at nt t whom he hOB has not not seen his confinement us nu they nr arl dependent I upon what pun con who Is only f Cnn can mini carn I on the Iho Island he de do described scribed ns a most horrible There Thoro few tew books book for tor the tho use of ot lepors and they pass tho Iho dreary days In on tho terrible fate lias Ils gent them 1 there thelo This victim adds that tho tOll fowl supplied to tho leper lepero Is Indifferent tho nude of serving It bad The Tho manH now have been heen Incorporated In II a n government bluebook and his hla re release fl lease Is IR likely n 11 H well wel ns an nl official Investigation Into the conditions pro pru t j on the leper loper j I |
