Show I CHINESE CRUEL CRUELTY TV TO SLAVES Property of Housewives Girls Are Harshly Dealt With Says an editorial in the Pekin Times The position of the slave girl in Chinese homes is a very bardone hard bard one as a rule These slaves are generally generally gen gen generally the property of the wife and no noone noone noone one interferes with the mistress in her of the poor little things who will as often as not be subjected to the most savage cruelty for most venial offenses A few weeks ago we recall a case of great hardship being brought into the mixed court Shanghai Shanghai Shang Shang- hai hal in which a small slave girl had i been gagged with a piece of iron and severely beaten betten because when half half- starved she helped herself to some scraps of food Our attention has now been called to piercing cries which emanate from froma I a house near Canton road and are I said to proceed from a little slave I girl who for some reason is beaten I almost daily dally with a thick knotted rope but for what reason is unknown Our Informant thinks a word in I public showing that the incident has been noticed may suffice to check the cruelty without lodging a formal complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint with the municipal police which might make matters worse for forthe forthe forthe the poor little sufferer in the long run run |