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Show rflh If Hfi A III Alllr WHIll1 M AVr iKMrll. LMyiL W IP ill USUI Vtf III 1 L PLrll EL I I Iff I 1 IU iMISTHEATMEUT I !GFIUD I CHILDREN. TOPIC Danish Speaker Appeals For l ! Action in Behalf of Girls ' H in Captivity 1 H iOPIUM TRAFFIC ALSO SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION fM 'Chinaman Thanks U. S. For l Assistance in Suppress- ItH ing Druq Traffic K M GKNHVA. De-. 15. (By the A--- VjH I elated PiessO Propovil that Lr H laH , league of nations assume the dut f ImH which heretofore have been dcvolv ' : 1 . upon Holland under the lnteruallon i1 t tM opium convention, regulating traffic ; J j In the drug, was taken up by litre (- 1 scmbly at this morning' seoatoii. j t I The committee which had boen in ' iH I xeetlgatmg the aubjeot recommend' 1 j , that the secretariat of the league ci ajl j lect information from tho inlersta'e bl ! committee and thai- ta ' subject u ll furfJjyr btvells,td "bxJur AXlvlor H ' from the countries especially ooncei i H ed Holand, Great Britain, Pram-. H i India. Jap.-wi, China. Slam aud Port j flH I OPIUM CONVENTION. H I (Under the International opium car H I ventlon signed In 1912. the Umtr 1 Ha)H States being among the signatories rl i various duties devolved upon t,iu f H I Dutch government. Among the ji-u- I H ! visions wia one that the contractu g L M powors should communicnta with o H I another regarding various facts con- J H ' nected with the subject through tiio tf- iH Dutch minister of foreign affair. Tho 'fa) j ratlflcaUon machlner also was plm o-l H in the hands of The Netherlands fo- 4aH clgn office.) J The committee report mentioned tlii i '1 difficulty resulting from the absen o rj)l I of the United States and Oerm.tu t Jffl I from tho league and suggested th.it If l H these governments could not forwar.l j H I their Information to the league tu' H i might continue to communicate wpa . 1 M Holland on the subject- ' i H During the discussion Dr. Welling- M ton Koo, of the Chinese delegation, x - jH viewed the efforts made by Clin, i i H during more than a century to hup- ftnl press the opium habit. He recognized. lr!ijl he said, the great debt of gratitude n fH owed the United Blot oh for AmeHoi j i LH aid In this work. He aas furlho. 'iualsfl pleased, ha said, that thu commlltr j FsHfl had decided tho United State should ft be especially invited to send a rep- jjl H reseutatlve to meet with the ndvlsuiy W H coumilttce. H WHITE SLvWE TRAFFIO. I H Tho committee's suggestions wen HiH adopted by the assembly and the sub H'll Joel of the "whito slave" traffic HIvoh taken up. 111 The propositions regarding this traf- Hl flc are that the countries which ad- HiH hared to the International convention HaH of 1004 be invited to wild delegates H to another international conference t.i rl be held before the luoct assembly; alxo loH that the council appoint a commlttco il to Investigate the deportation of wo- -ll men and children In Asia Minor, 'jH The discussion of this iiucstlon H brought to the platform for the first H time one of the women substitute delr- H gatea Mile, Hennl Forthammcr, of H Denmark. She was received with Jal warm applause. HH API'MXL FROM WOMI2N. 11 Mile. Fbrlhammer mad a tttrong fal appeal for prompt action on behalf 11 of tho women who had been deported fsH during tho war and since Its oonclu JaH slon. She urgwl the assembly to snd lll Investigators to Asia Minor and ap- iH pealed to the delegates Individually ti JH prevail upon their soveral goveri H menta to strengthen their leglHlatlor H to suppress the traffic In women an I H children. H Mile. Forthammcr. speaking In r IH cellent English, was enthuslsatlcull H applauded, especially When alio plead H ed for the 20,000 Armenian vromci H sUll in captivity. M When tho "white slave" resolutions mM came to a vote they worn unanimous' laH adopted by the assembly. IH - , , i HaSH |