SCOURGE OF SLAVERY
LEAGUE EFFORT TO SUPPRESS IT
GENEVA,
29th September
That slavery still exists was made manifest at the League Committeo discussion, when a British memorandum asking for the establishment of a Permanent Slavery Commission, was rejected.
Mr. C. K. Buxton, member ,of the British House of Commons, said that Britain for a century had been endeavouring to limit or abolish . the s slave trade, yet the liorriblo scourge went on. The means adopted by the League were insufficient. Mr. Buxton deplored the fact that certain countries still put obstacles in ; the way of its abolition.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 79, 30 September 1930, Page 9
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97SCOURGE OF SLAVERY Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 79, 30 September 1930, Page 9
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