SLAVE TRAFFIC
President of Liberia Resigns.
SEQUEL TO LEAGUE REPORT. LONDON, January 4. The Geneva correspondent of the "News Chronicle" says that as a result of the findings of the League of Nations' international inquiry into slavery in Liberia, the President of Liberia, Mr. C. D. B. King, and the Vice-President, Mr. Alan Yancy, have resigned. Mr. King nominated the Secretary of State, Mr. Edwin Barclay, to be actingPresident. The report-of the commission states that Mr. Yancy sanctioned the compulsory recruitment of labour for road construction and shipment abroad. It condemns the use of the Liberian Frontier Force for conveying gangs of capturcd natives to the coast for shipment. The report estimates that 400,000 of tho population of 2,500,000 are living in conditions of slavery. Mr. King, although he was unaware of Mr. Yancy's action, considered his own resignation obligatory on liim.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 3, 5 January 1931, Page 7
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