Show WW IH THE secretary taft is directly charged with having knowledge of slavery in the islands washington greatly to the sur prise of every one the subject ot slavery was introduced in the senate on monday secretary taft was dl erectly charged with having a knowl edge of slavery in the islands the debate was made pertinently on the sections ot the bill revising the crimi nal code of the united states which penalties for dealing in slaves mr hale asserted that such provis ions should be stricken out as be regarded slavery as obsolete in the united states and he could see no reason for referring to it senator heyburn in charge of the bill declared that not only Is there immoral traffic in white slaves but that coolie labor in the form of practical lavery does exist and added that actual hu man slavery Is still maintained in the philippine islands mr lodge made a statement to dis p ove the charges of slavery in the philippines |