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Show REFORM IN HONOLULU. Japanese HUti Trwrfe AlMillahed by tk Now Itrglnie. Honolulu seems to be headed for reform. re-form. One of the llrst stops toward clcunlng up the city was the closing of tho I weld Blockade, which was built under the old regime. Here the disorderly dis-orderly women of tho city, most of them slaves of Japanese masters, were compelled to live.. 'I hit stockade came to be looked upon an one of the sights of Honolulu, to be visited by tourists. The city had been divided from the first on the wlhdom of the plan, and though It waa aiiccessful enough In keeping vice nut of the streets of the city Us other featurea grndunlly earned Ita condemnation. It was a legalization legaliza-tion not only of vice, but also of the practical slave trade In which the Japanese Jap-anese were engaged. When the new territorial government govern-ment came Into power the question was aerioualy considered and It was deeided to abolish the system, the law under which It had been established being declared de-clared In conflict with the act organising organ-ising the territory. The high fence or stockade waa torn down. Attempta by the Japaneae to continue their trade In young girls or to reopen their dens In other parts of the city are being resisted vigorously. |