SLAVERY IN LIBERIA.
LEAGUE COMMISSION’S FINDINGS.
LONDON, Jan. 3. Tho News-Chronicle’s correspondent at Geneva states: “As a result of the findings of the League’s international commission of inquiry on slavery in Liberia the President of Liberia, Mr C. D. B. King, and the vice-Presi-dent, Mr Alan Yancy, have resigned. Mr King has nominated the Secretary of State, Mr Edwin Barclay, as acting-President. “The commission’s report states that Mr Yancy. sanctioned the compulsory recruitment of labour for road construction and shipment abroad. The report condemns the use of the Liberian frontier force for conveying gangs of captured natives to the coast for shipment, and estimates that 400,000 of tho 2,500,000 of the population are living in conditions of slavery. “Mr King, though not aware of Mr Yancy’s action, considered liis own resignation obligatory.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19310105.2.72
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 29, 5 January 1931, Page 7
Word Count
132SLAVERY IN LIBERIA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 29, 5 January 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in